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When I first joined the Fediverse (on a now long-unused account) after being put in Facebook jail for saying I wanted to punch a Nazi in the face, I didn't know if I would be able to get the kind of information that sustains me and keeps me abreast of what's going on in the world.

But guess what? As it turns out, sometimes I'm the first person in my local human group to know about something in the world because of you all. It could be big world news, it could be cute sheep in a pasture in England, it could be a beautiful sunset, it could be your adorable dog, it could be some dumb internet trend that makes me laugh out loud.

It's glorious not having to wade through targeted posts, flashing ads, algorithmic suggestions, and utter bullshit to find real news and people.

I chalk it up to the infrastructure of this place, as well as our fabulous and tireless admins -- plus all y'all who come here every day to post all kinds of stuff.

Learning how to use hashtags was also a great way to find the information I wanted without having to see things I didn't want to see.

Yes, it can be a little bit of a walled garden here. But it doesn't mean I don't peek up over the wall every now and then.

I'm especially happy to have found my monster movie friends, my soccer friends, my fellow autistics, and even a couple of really cool local people on here who don't yet seem creeped out by being acquainted online with someone who lives geographically close to them.

It's not quite the same camaradarie as my old blogging communities, but there are a few of you that I feel I would not be axe murdered by if we met in person.

In one of those communities, we would drive across country to meet each other (hell, one of my friends from New Zealand came to meet me!), stay at each other's houses, host parties together, and some folks even got married, having met while blogging! Those were the more innocent days of the internet, I think. (To this day I'm still friends with many of those people even though that site is long gone.)

Anyway, thank you. Please just keep being your weird, glorious selves. All my love to all of you as this stupid year draws to a close and the unknown horror dawns. Stay strong.

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