Today marks an unofficial milestone for the wetshaving fediverse, as we’ve reached out 1000th SOTD post.
According to my calculations today actually marks 1005 days from the first post made by @merikus@wetshav.ing . That also means 1005 days (including today) since the first SOTD post.
Why is the numbering wrong? Surely it’s my fault! I started adding numbers to the daily threads a while ago and I’m pretty sure I started with the correct number, but I could have been wrong. More than likely the count got off at some point between messing around with automation, switching to PieFed, etc.
What do you think? Should I get the numbering back on track or leave it be?
This is only made possible by the continued moral support of you, the users! Thanks for hanging around and using this stuff.
To commemorate this event, I’m happy to announce the incoming addition of custom icons and banners for the services that we host! See some previews below! These were created by the venerable RayMoonie.
I’d leave the count as is. The community is “for real” now, and perhaps the discussion should move into how to grow it. I’m certain there are some who are put off by the term “fediverse” simply because they don’t know what it is. I certainly enjoy the diversity of subject matter, and the r/Wetshaving community, but I look forward to leaving “corporate” Reddit behind.
Awesome stuff by raymoonie. I can’t find an @raymoonie@wetshav.ing, btw 🙂
Yes, he’s suspiciously absent!
Ditching Reddit has been great for me. Sometimes I miss niche communities, but the comments are so much more interesting/worthwhile on the fediverse.
I agree that there should maybe be discussion about how to grow the community. I wonder if it would be more effective to try to attract other fediverse users or instead to focus on getting Redditors to migrate… Or perhaps some completely different direction.
I have been trying to get myself involved more in commenting in other communities (and eventually posting hopefully) to get the wetshav.ing name out there more but I don’t really have a good feel for how much that sort of thing actually attracts traffic.
I’m at a loss for this. I thought having our own activities like the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club would attract interest, but that is an activity that becomes difficult to sustain as the group grows beyond about 10 people.
Agree with all others: leave the count as is.
To the next 1005!
I’d say leave the numbers be. It doesn’t matter as much - anything over 1000 is a significant milestone and even though I was late to the Fediverse party (except if you count Mastodon in) and am not as active anymore as I’d wish to be, I like to be part of this little Fediverse niche we got here. My thanks go out to every single member who posts here and makes it an active, thriving community.
Special thanks to: walden - for keeping the servers running, modding & managing the community, successfully moving the community over to PieFed.
PorkButtsNTaters666 - for being a very positive force around here in general and having the original idea for BVWSC. Even though it’s currently impossible in the old form, I sure think it is one of the nicest group activities I ever partook in.
Djundjila - for originally trying to establish other venues for wetshaving communities even before the first Reddit API crisis by hosting a federated Mastodon server. I hope DJ is alright and has fun with whatever he’s doing atm. If he ever decides to come back here, I am sure he’ll be openly welcomed.
Anyways, thanks for having me around. I’m sure that my long posts are often a bit tiring and cumbersome, that’s what ADHD-induced rambling/hyperfocus writing does to you. Yet I always felt accepted and welcomed here. Given that this is so far the only social media I somewhat consistently use, it’s really nice and calm here.
I say leave the numbering as-is.
This is only made possible by the continued moral support of you, the users! Thanks for hanging around and using this stuff.
yw
Keep it at 1000 forever… Got it.
