If you're lonely or isolated or finding the Christmas period difficult for any reason, you might want to follow the hashtag #JoinIn
This tag is intended for people to start friendly chats about everyday stuff they're doing like making food, going for walks, listening to music etc.
It's fine to reply to posts with the JoinIn tag as the person who made the post is actively seeking conversation π
@FediTips
Have you already thought about basing your mastodon instance on glitch-doc extension? You often reach 500+ characters in your great posts. How nice would it be not to have this broken down messages in threads.
I'm using a managed hosting service for my instance which is really great but this particular service doesn't offer Glitch.
However Glitch is great and am happy to recommend it to others! π
@FediTips Thanks for keeping it alive.
I think it's important to acknowledge that it was started by comedian Sarah Millican, who started it on Twitter back in the day (I think she did eventually step back from it in 2023).
EDIT: It seems the tag is working fine but the FediGroup is not, so I've removed the group from the original post.
The #JoinIn tag works fine so please use that!
(I've messaged the FediGroup admin to ask what's happening, will let you know if there's more info or if the group is fixed.)
@FediTips @Badgardener @joinin I spend Christmas alone just about every year these days and I don't mind it at all. It's just another day.
One year I did start following the #joinin tag. Unfortunately, I had to stop following it because it was dragging me down with depressing posts and even some pleas for financial assistance.
Yes, I'll get into a conversation with you and maybe we can even build a friendship, but I won't do it if you're dripping with self pity. I'm not a shrink. π€·πΌββοΈ
