#online socializing

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My attempts at knitting a pencil case for my S/O

With all the schools closed and everyone at home, many of my teachers enjoy knitting to pass the time.

My student advisor was like, why not share the fun, and invited interested students to a Teams room. Now we have Knitting Club once a week where we chat with others and knit not on school time and like socialize.

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This Week's Guide to Life Online

This Week’s Guide to Life Online

Socializing in person is cancelled. Going places is cancelled. You know what’s not cancelled?

The internet.

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Online Socializing Apps: You Never Know the Limit of Your Social Capacity

Our social network has made this world much bigger than ever. We share knowledge, stories and news through all types of social channels. We feel like we are able to keep track of each and every detail about this world and to “know” everyone in social media by just browsing the net; yet we seem to forget the intent of these online socializing apps – to connect people who might never be able to do so prior to the era of online social networking.

And online socializing is often misunderstood by many: the ultimate purpose of online socializing is not to connect virtual people, but to connect people offline – achieving the transition of digital relationship into real-life connections. Your social capacity is never how well you handle the cyber world, but how much you can explore beyond your current reaches.

Here is a collection of great, free-to-use online socializing apps that help with your social adventure:

1.     Loop

Loop is probably the best messenger for groups – uncluttered and classy. It’s where you have your substantial conversation (vs. casual random chats that also disappears) with your groups. It is great for organizing group dinners, fraternity / sorority events, and study groups.

 2.     DoubleDouble

Meeting new people can be tough. Standing out in a crowd? Even tougher. Thankfully, DoubleDouble lets you easily do both. Skip the awkwardness of new conversations by teaming up with a friend before being matched with other Doubles nearby! Chat as a group or start a private conversation by messaging other users directly. Help your friends get noticed faster through Recommendations or match other users to build up your own rep - DoubleDouble makes it easy to discover new ways to explore your social scene.

3.     Nextdoor

Nextdoor is the private social network where neighbors work together to build stronger, safer, happier communities, all over the world. It allows communities to easily create private websites to facilitate communication among neighbors and build stronger neighborhoods.

4.     Bumble

Bumble is at the forefront of matchmaking technology by providing an app that allows users to foster more than just romantic connections. Bumble is working to lift the stigma of online dating by employing unprecedented standards for respectful behavior. Because of this relentless dedication, millions of people are using Bumble to build valuable relationships every single day.

5.     MeetMe

MeetMe helps users find new people nearby who have shared interests and want to live-chat.

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darthbiscuits said: this is possibly the most frustrating thing for me about the site - I'd text post so much more if I felt like I could better protect myself from being reblogged/made fun of/etc

darthbiscuits said: but maybe, to find others who like what you like, you have to accept that risk - it's hard

@darthbiscuits

Yeah, I think the way the current search system is set up I think facilitates harassment, though it was of course still a problem even without it.

I'd say that as unpleasant as some interactions on this website can be, I still find it worthwhile to interact with people. Though I avoid posting about certain things, such as more explicitly political content most of the time now for my own peace of mind. It's harder for me to take people seriously if they choose to insult me for talking about my day, or my lunch, or for reblogging rabbit pictures, all of which I do on a rather frequent basis. One of the more volatile things I post about is my criticism of the various fan material I'm into, and occassionally I do get unpleasant responses to that, so I adjust the amount of fan posts I make to my overall energy levels so that it doesn't get unmanageable.

While it's not possible to avoid every unpleasant reblog, I do think there are a few things that can be done to reduce their impact. One thing I keep in mind is I'm not obliged to rearrange my schedule to reply to every post. Which means I often either ignore posts I dislike, or, if I find either the post or poster bothersome enough, I block them. 'Enough' being a term I define for myself the parameters of and don't feel like it needs to be something I have justify externally, and certainly not to the people I'm blocking or ignoring. I already have enough trouble keeping up with the posts I want to reply to, so I don't want to waste so much time trying to reply to things that don't make sense to me or make me angry or are obvious putdowns.

One thing I noticed was that the last time I blocked someone, it looked like the reblog on the other person's blog disappeared too! Like, not only did the notification disappear, but also the post itself.

One common cause of me blocking people is that we have wildly clashing political beliefs. I'm not of the opinion that the best way to learn about opposing political beliefs is through active debate. I think the best way to do that is through passive absorbsion. People can find writings with political beliefs of all types on the internet and elsewhere--there's no need to debate someone, and indeed the people available to you for debate may have too inferior an understanding of their own beliefs, or too much a motivation to deceive an opponent, to allow you to properly understand their belief system anyway.

Well, I guess that's enough of me rambling on. Hope you find something helpful in that mess, and I wish you luck in avoiding any cursed reblogs or replies!