@ernest this was an extraordinary situation with several crisis points on a platform in early development (as far as mass usage is concerned) and you were able to keep a cool head, keep things going and also keep people informed of the situations as they were developing. I am happy to read that you have help now (and it looks like really great expert help) and that you can take a break/retirement from admin and enjoy it with the rest of us. Bravo!

@tauonite Hello and nice to see you! I couldn’t look here much the last few days but it seems like we are federating again which is great!

First exposure would probably be identica in 2010. For people getting started, these days I’d suggest less joining a specific platform and more by interest. Books -> bookwyrm , Video -> a Peertube instance, etc.

I know I clapped before already, but this is my favorite thing today

Thank you :) Eventually yes, but not this time. And that’s if they survive. But I think I can still keep them together in a shared (but larger) pot for the next year or so, just for some more space between them.

I think it will be time for a repotting to a larger container sometime soon they are getting very crowded, but I’m hesitant as they won’t have their first dormancy until the soonest this coming winter.

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