The threadiverse is small (compared to other major platforms) and I often see usernames that I recognize. How well do we notice each other around here?

I’ll start… my name’s “MrShankles” and I do be commenting/posting from time to time

  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    44·
    2 days ago

    I generally don’t recognize usernames and don’t look at them too much

    There’s the guy who uses thorns (who I have tagged as Nigel þornberry)

    There’s maybe a half-dozen frequent posters who I’m genuinely not sure if they’re masterful trolls, some kind of AI training bots, or just really need to go touch grass (preferably on their way to a therapist’s office.)

    There’s one dude whose username just happened to stick out to me after having a random conversation or two with him and seeing him being a generally pretty decent dude around Lemmy, I tagged him “this guy seems cool” at some point, and at some point it occurred to me that he might appreciate knowing that, so I shot him a message, and sure enough he did. I now consider him to be a pretty good friend, which is a new experience for me, I’ve never really been one to have online friends, I (somehow) do pretty well at making friends in meatspace and have never really felt a need to seek out an online friendship.

    There’s a handful of people who have said some incredibly dumb shit that I’ve tagged (for example one dude who I tagged “Tankie, down vote and ignore” although the last few times I’ve seen him pop up it seems like he may have mellowed out a bit, so good for him)

    • toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      17 hours ago

      I’ve the thorn guy tagged as “uses thorns” and am now shamed about my lack of creativity.

      I had someone else tagged as “second guy to use thorns” but they’re a lot less consistent about it.

    • aivoton@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      16 hours ago

      Ah Nigel þornberry. I appreciate the dedication to thorns, but ended up writing a script which replaces thorns in their texts because they stand out too much.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      Fully-qualified usernames:

      There’s the guy who uses thorns (who I have tagged as Nigel þornberry)

      That’d be @Sxan@piefed.zip.

      • Fondots@lemmy.world
        161·
        2 days ago

        þat is indeed þe guy

        I also love how bent-out-of-shape people get over the thorns.

        I haven’t stalked his profile, but I feel like every time I’ve seen him come up he’s also seemed like a pretty cool and reasonable dude (I suppose it’s possible he’s off being a dick in the parts of Lemmy I don’t frequent, but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt)

        • glimse@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 hours ago

          It’s harmless but it’s deliberately antisocial which rubs people the wrong way. They’re going out of their way to make their comments harder to reader.

          I’ve never had a bad interaction with them but I do think it’s kind of obnoxious attention-seeking behavior

        • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
          19·
          2 days ago

          I have snarked him about it, myself. I have no objection to overtly affected personal expression (no hypocrite I). It’s just that reading a thorn unexpectedly feels like stubbing my toe, but in my brain.