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   J.T. Turtle (jtturtle@shota.house)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 05:16:11 JST J.T. Turtle

   Hello, Shota House! I'm a Shota-loving, story-writing, freak show, who loves to live with his head in the clouds. So far, this instance seems very loli-lady-driven, but I'm not going to hold that against you, so long as you let me chill on your instance. :D
   
   My original home was Baraag, but last year when both my best friend and my mother died within a month of each other, I basically deleted my entire digital life. Not sure why. Emotions are untamed beasts that I'm merely a slave to. Now that I'm re-integrating into life, Baraag seems to have too many hoops to jump through to join, but they redirected me here. Hopefully Shota House can be my new home. New communities seem risky, but I've got nothing to lose and everything to gain.
   
   Happy to be here, and I hope to make TONS of new friends.

   • Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🏴‍☠️🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦🐧 likes this.
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     Disa (justdisa@shota.house)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 05:16:05 JST Disa

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     @jtturtle Happy to have you!~ I'm Disa, I'm the Head Shota In Charge of this place! If you ever need anything, feel free to ask me! I'd be happy to help you out whenever possible!
     
     There are multiple timelines here, Home, Social, Local, Global and Bubble.
     
     Home is a custom timeline for you, basically a feed of all your follows put into one place.
     
     Social is a combination of Home and Local from my remembering.
     
     Local is Shota House users specifically.
     
     Global is basically the wild west, you'll find things from basically all instances that federate with us here. Very hectic there.
     
     And Bubble is a timeline consisting of the instances we at The Shota House have decided to associate ourselves a little more closely with. The list of instances here changes as we find new instances or change our mind about other instances, as we generally like to keep a certain vibe going on.
     
     There's a ton of customizations worth looking at in the settings, you can also change to different UI styles.
     
     It can be a little overwhelming at first so take it slow, if there's any specific setting you're looking for/wanting let me know and I'll help you find it! (Keep in mind I'm legally blind, so be patient with me. lol)
     
     I, personally like the classic UI best (More -> Switch UI -> Classic) and I also tend to stick to the Local and Bubble timelines as that's just what I prefer. Obviously you are free to explore to your hearts content, but those timelines might be a little easier to digest when first starting out.
     
     So, yeah sorry about that long little rant here, but hope you enjoy your stay and hope that helps you get a little kick-start, since I know everything can be a bit much when first joining!
     
     We're all generally friendly, so don't be shy! Most of us don't bite (unless you're into that sorta thing. 👀)

     Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🏴‍☠️🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦🐧 likes this.
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     Disa (justdisa@shota.house)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 05:36:31 JST Disa

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     @jtturtle Happy you appreciated it! I was worried it maybe came off a little to ranty/explainy or maybe closer to a lecture is the right term?
     
     Anyway, happy it didn't actually come off that way!
     
     I have my classic UI setup with some side widgets, so I have my post widget and notifications right there (I find it easier than popping into separate tabs for everything) The screenshot is old as I've demonstrated this before, so the image was already in my drive.
     
     I also have dark-theme enabled all the time, (which I think is also how we have it set by default) because my eyes are exceptionally sensitive to bright light colors. So, that's to help people like me, so they don't have to fumble around the settings with their eyes closed trying to find out how to turn dark-mode on, if they can at all.

     Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🏴‍☠️🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦🐧 likes this.
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     J.T. Turtle (jtturtle@shota.house)'s status on Sunday, 26-Jan-2025 05:36:32 JST J.T. Turtle

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     • Disa

     @JustDisa Sorry for a long rant? I loved it! The Supreme Leader taking a moment to spread some cheer, direction, and wonderfully sticky love? I appreciate it considerably.
     
     I've been playing with all the options. I'm currently in Misskey's UI, but I've hopped back and forth between all of them, dark themes to light themes, to everything in between. I also prefer the classic UI. It's the least busy by far. Sometimes less if more.