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The OS You On-Line
1. Where can we find the OS you on-line, for example:
*Facebook and Meta-related sites,
*Discord,
*Reddit
*Flikr,
*Bluesky,
*Mastodon,
and others.
2. Can you be a guide for people who want to try one of the platforms?
3. Can you help others with the work of promoting their Grid/Region/Shop/Club, like posting photos, listing events, and the like?
What did I forget to ask? Oh yes! Where can we find you in SL?
1. Where can we find the OS you on-line, for example:
*Facebook and Meta-related sites,
*Discord,
*Flikr,
*Bluesky,
*Mastodon,
and others.
2. Can you be a guide for people who want to try one of the platforms?
3. Can you help others with the work of promoting their Grid/Region/Shop/Club, like posting photos, listing events, and the like?
What did I forget to ask? Oh yes! Where can we find you in SL?
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I'm on facebook but I intentionally keep it private to avoid having to deal with stress (OSW arguments spilling over from here to there). There's people here who know me there -but I'm not going to make my FB public and end up with an inbox full of right-wing nutjobbery.
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Other than here, I'm mainly on Hubzilla. You can connect to my channel from just about everywhere in the Fediverse, including but not limited to Mastodon. The same goes for my channel on (streams) which I've created to post OpenSim renderings and OpenSim-related memes; it doesn't see much activity, though.
Ask me for channel URLs if you're curious.
Speaking of the Fediverse: Hyacinth has a Lemmy community about OpenSim that could use some more activity.
I'm also on OSSN and MeWe, but even less active there.
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Ask me for channel URLs if you're curious.
Speaking of the Fediverse: Hyacinth has a Lemmy community about OpenSim that could use some more activity.
I'm also on OSSN and MeWe, but even less active there.
Before I start explaining in-depth: What's your level of Fediverse knowledge?
( ) I haven't even heard of Mastodon before
( ) I've heard of Mastodon, but not the Fediverse
( ) The Fediverse IS the Mastodon network
( ) I know that all kinds of server applications are connected to one another in the Fediverse
Anyway, the short version is that Lemmy is the most well-known alternative to Reddit and Hacker News in the Fediverse.
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( ) I haven't even heard of Mastodon before
( ) I've heard of Mastodon, but not the Fediverse
( ) The Fediverse IS the Mastodon network
( ) I know that all kinds of server applications are connected to one another in the Fediverse
Anyway, the short version is that Lemmy is the most well-known alternative to Reddit and Hacker News in the Fediverse.
sth between 2 & 3: have been myself on mastodon, didn't get it tbh & haven't figured out yet, what the fediverse could be or is expected to be.
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It's basically like the Hypergrid.
But not with virtual worlds and with social networks, social media etc. instead.
And not consisting of only one kind of software either.
It's a "Hypergrid", not with 4,000+ Second Lifes, but with tens of thousands of Twitters. And thousands of wholly different Twitters. And hundreds or thousands of yet different Twitters. And lots of Facebooks and YouTubes and Lemmys and Mediums. And they're all connected to one another.
Like, you can be on Twitter and follow someone on another Twitter website. Or follow a Facebook user or a YouTube channel. From Twitter, yes.
Only, whereas OpenSim is an almost 1:1 clone of Second Life, these aren't 1:1 clones.
Us OpenSim users are (or should be) at least familiar with the concept of decentralised networks (like the Hypergrid) and server instances (we call them grids).
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But not with virtual worlds and with social networks, social media etc. instead.
And not consisting of only one kind of software either.
It's a "Hypergrid", not with 4,000+ Second Lifes, but with tens of thousands of Twitters. And thousands of wholly different Twitters. And hundreds or thousands of yet different Twitters. And lots of Facebooks and YouTubes and Lemmys and Mediums. And they're all connected to one another.
Like, you can be on Twitter and follow someone on another Twitter website. Or follow a Facebook user or a YouTube channel. From Twitter, yes.
Only, whereas OpenSim is an almost 1:1 clone of Second Life, these aren't 1:1 clones.
Us OpenSim users are (or should be) at least familiar with the concept of decentralised networks (like the Hypergrid) and server instances (we call them grids).
ok, and how would i look at Hyacinths lemmy? (i'm just on my way searching for my old mastodon acc, but i'm afraid, it's dead.)
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Follow either of this as if it was a Mastodon account:
https://sh.itjust.works/c/opensim
@opensim@sh.itjust.works
(Disclaimer: I've never tried to follow a Lemmy community with a Mastodon account.)
And if you want to post there (as in start a new thread), you have to follow this scheme:
- First line is the title. Although Mastodon doesn't know what titles are, they're pretty much mandatory on Lemmy. So to work around Mastodon not knowing what titles are, put it in the first line.
- Then comes the mention. @opensim or something. Again, never tried this myself. But the mention MUST be above the post text. And don't mention anyone or anything else, only @opensim.
- Then comes the post text.
- No hashtags. They wouldn't break anything, but Lemmy doesn't support hashtags, and hashtags irritate many Lemmy users because some 99% of them came from Reddit and not from Twitter.
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https://sh.itjust.works/c/opensim
@opensim@sh.itjust.works
(Disclaimer: I've never tried to follow a Lemmy community with a Mastodon account.)
And if you want to post there (as in start a new thread), you have to follow this scheme:
- First line is the title. Although Mastodon doesn't know what titles are, they're pretty much mandatory on Lemmy. So to work around Mastodon not knowing what titles are, put it in the first line.
- Then comes the mention. @opensim or something. Again, never tried this myself. But the mention MUST be above the post text. And don't mention anyone or anything else, only @opensim.
- Then comes the post text.
- No hashtags. They wouldn't break anything, but Lemmy doesn't support hashtags, and hashtags irritate many Lemmy users because some 99% of them came from Reddit and not from Twitter.
I recently did a workshop about setting up your OSW account, assigning your regions, and what costs money and whether it is the best value for you. I keep meaning to create a tutorial, it just got put on the back burner.
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Here or in-world, I dropped social media over a decade ago and I have been better for it: If I am online, I am plotting the next Dismayland catastrophe with Helga seated to my left and humming like a well maintained killjoy. As I was composing this, I just had a eureka moment. "never code chaos with someone crazier than you"! Helga snarled as I said that. Cheers!
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This is where you can find me most days, although I am working now with not as much inworld time. When not working I love to help with creating new items or finding things someone might need. My social sites are listed here but I have not been that active, I am working RL.
Thank you for this post Nico, I enjoying reading others blogs and flickr accounts this is a good idea.
@mmonentes.bsky.social
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marimonentes/
http://three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002/
https://virtual-hg.com/
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Thank you for this post Nico, I enjoying reading others blogs and flickr accounts this is a good idea.
@mmonentes.bsky.social
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marimonentes/
http://three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002/
https://virtual-hg.com/
Ah yes, blogs. Any one want to join my OSW group The View: OS Blogs, Pix and Video.
https://opensimworld.com/groups/1081
Following you on Flikr. It looks like both of us haven't had much time to upload pix there.
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https://opensimworld.com/groups/1081
Following you on Flikr. It looks like both of us haven't had much time to upload pix there.
* Find me on
Flikr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/150949016@N03/
I haven't posted in a long time. I need help with creating in-world pix, and more. I'll post a link soon to my ask, with more details, in the What Are you looking For group.
I'm also in various Grid oriented Discord groups. If you are interested in a Grid, you might find me there.
*Places I don't use at all but could find useful, if I could use them,
Well, that would be Facebook - I got Zucked. Also, the verified identity thing would deter me. How do you deal with that? Any way to remain anonymous?
Also, that would be SL, which I haven't used in a decade or so. I made money in SL in the past (rare) and, amazingly, never spent a dime. I vowed then to never spend RL $ in SL, and I long ago decided to stop running clubs there to afford my SL lifestyle. I did pop into SL last year, was totally disoriented, and also horrified at not looking like I do, for free, in OS. Is there a solution for that?
BTW, anyone remember the club Ultra-Femme? I started it and ran it from 2007-2010 (forget my AV name). I gave it away to my Japanese partner (I've forgotten her name!). then escaped to OS. The club closed long ago. Also, Asian Sensations 2013-2016 (Sa'deeka AKA Sa'd'). It was a great idea for a place and was active up to four years ago. https://www.flickr.com/groups/asian_sensations/ I'd love to reconnect and chat about our adventures back then, and maybe embark on some new ones.
*Places I've used, but not much, and not recently. How suitable are they for use by the OS you, and how do you use them?
Reddit
Mastodon
Bluesky
Where should I be, and why?
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Flikr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/150949016@N03/
I haven't posted in a long time. I need help with creating in-world pix, and more. I'll post a link soon to my ask, with more details, in the What Are you looking For group.
I'm also in various Grid oriented Discord groups. If you are interested in a Grid, you might find me there.
*Places I don't use at all but could find useful, if I could use them,
Well, that would be Facebook - I got Zucked. Also, the verified identity thing would deter me. How do you deal with that? Any way to remain anonymous?
Also, that would be SL, which I haven't used in a decade or so. I made money in SL in the past (rare) and, amazingly, never spent a dime. I vowed then to never spend RL $ in SL, and I long ago decided to stop running clubs there to afford my SL lifestyle. I did pop into SL last year, was totally disoriented, and also horrified at not looking like I do, for free, in OS. Is there a solution for that?
BTW, anyone remember the club Ultra-Femme? I started it and ran it from 2007-2010 (forget my AV name). I gave it away to my Japanese partner (I've forgotten her name!). then escaped to OS. The club closed long ago. Also, Asian Sensations 2013-2016 (Sa'deeka AKA Sa'd'). It was a great idea for a place and was active up to four years ago. https://www.flickr.com/groups/asian_sensations/ I'd love to reconnect and chat about our adventures back then, and maybe embark on some new ones.
*Places I've used, but not much, and not recently. How suitable are they for use by the OS you, and how do you use them?
Mastodon
Bluesky
Where should I be, and why?