Do people do intro posts on Mastodon?

[sindarina@ngmx.com]

@thomaschristopherking Yes, doing an intro post is a time-honoured tradition! Welcome to the fediverse

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@thomaschristopherking We want to see the narrowboat! I mean... welcome!

[aspiringluddite@medievalist.masto.host]

@thomaschristopherking

They do post introductions. Welcome!

And do join the Greens

[thomaschristopherking@social.coop]

@monkee your lakes are enormous though!

[monkee@other.li]

@thomaschristopherking@social.coop That's true. And there are a lot of em. ​​

I complain on a very high level here ​​ would be awesome if all the big ones where connected trough canals.

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@thomaschristopherking this is a cool intro. What is it like to live on a boat?

[thomaschristopherking@social.coop]

@kimlockhartga well today I have been removing mold. So, one aspect is damp and humidity. In general a lot of maintenance work that some people love and others not. The main pluses for me are the travelling, being in the middle of nowhere or in the middle of a city (though we are permanently moored for the upcoming years now), and the nature.

[thomaschristopherking@social.coop]

@monkee yeah, I was working in Zurich for about a month. Took a boat across the lake, went up a mountain, down the other side, and got a boat back (I think, or maybe it was a train). The fact that's possible blows my mind.

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@thomaschristopherking It sounds so great, except as you say, the regular maintenance, and I suppose, storms? I hope where you are moored has some physical protections.

My dad owned a sailboat with three other couples back when Pier 39 was in use in San Francisco (since taken over by sea lions). The marina wanted to sell permanent slip fees, but I talked my dad out of it. Good thing. "Lifetime" don't mean shit if the marina goes under.

[thomaschristopherking@social.coop]

@kimlockhartga It's a very very inland waterway, a canal. Furthest we've gotten to the sea was on the tidal Thames. So storms aren't really a concern (er, if they were we would be in trouble because our type of boat has a very shallow draft).

I mean, it does knock about a bit when it's stormy but it's not an issue really.

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@thomaschristopherking This sounds truly ideal!

[davep@infosec.exchange]

@thomaschristopherking
"argumentation is one of my main interests"

No it isn't.

[angiebaby@mas.to]

@thomaschristopherking

Intro posts are the best possible introductions on Mastodon.

I would also recommend including hashtags in your profile, for as many of the topics and things you're interested in. Due to the lack of an algorithm, hashtags do lots of heavy lifting on Mastodon, and they're the easiest way to find people with shared interests.

Welcome!

[thomaschristopherking@social.coop]

@davep wheyyy,!

[thomaschristopherking@social.coop]

@angiebaby thank you will do that

[angiebaby@mas.to]

@thomaschristopherking

They're also good to use in introductory posts or just posts in general as well, I just didn't suggest editing your intro post because I wasn't sure if you were limited to 500 characters or not.

[ariaflame@masto.ai]

@thomaschristopherking @kimlockhartga Have you been on the Falkirk Wheel?

[lily_o@mastodon.social]

@thomaschristopherking hi Thomas

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@ariaflame @thomaschristopherking Had to look this up. It looks equal parts amazing and terrifying.

[thomaschristopherking@social.coop]

@ariaflame @kimlockhartga I have not, we are in the south and there is no inland waterway route up to the Scottish canals!