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So many people are on fediverse instances related to their profession that it feels like we're medieval English villagers with last names matching our jobs.

Dick Baker? He's a baker. Jane Carpenter? She's a carpenter.

dick@infosec.exchange? He's in infosec. jane@hci.social? She does HCI.

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K.G. Jewell
K.G. Jewell
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says the man from the pub.
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Evan Prodromou
Evan Prodromou
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@KG_Jewell just like in Medieval English village, every 20th person has an unpronounceable last name that means "mossy embankment" in Pictish, and no one knows where it came from or why it's still used.
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Evan Prodromou
Evan Prodromou
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@brion loooooooooool
@Brion Vibber ​
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Emma Manning
Emma Manning
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I have two jobs: working in tech and being gay. one pays a lot better but the other has job security!
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Tim Bray
Tim Bray
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β€œProdromou (Greek: Ξ ΟΞΏΞ΄ΟΟŒΞΌΞΏΟ…) is a Greek surname. It is the genitive form of prodromos (Greek: Ο€ΟΟŒΞ΄ΟΞΏΞΌΞΏΟ‚), which means forerunner. ”
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Shoq
Shoq
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I have been ruminating on that problem for weeks. I've noticed some timelines that already seem to reflect reflect a parochial clustering. I suppose it's to be expected in this early Fedi stage, but I feel we may be underestimating the positive impact of that melting pot/blender effect that Twitter could had. But I think we can evolve beyond it with tools we haven't thought of yet.
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aeva
aeva
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my weird irl last name means "little thumb", so perhaps "mastodon gamedev place" is an improvement in some ways, as I believe my thumbs to be at least average in most respects
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Tim Richards
Tim Richards
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@shoq I have no idea what either of those things are, but I’ll take your word for it. :)
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Feoh
Feoh
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to be honest Infosec related instances are pretty much the only ones I can think of that fit this mold. Most of the others that I am aware of, including the one that I’m on, I focused on people’s hobbies, and there I say it passions. I like to think of it as β€œmy work is my work, but fussing around with old computers is where my heart is” :-)
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NomadicNerd (StoleUrSweetroll)
NomadicNerd (StoleUrSweetroll)
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I’m not mindly or social lol. The nerd instance had too many posts that weren’t in English that it was hard for me to use that community. I actually didn’t even look for a β€œscientist” instance. I use social media to get away from thinking 😊
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Jonathan Mergy
Jonathan Mergy
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pretty much why I did self.social instead of a regional or subject area instance...
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Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson
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I am in fact an iOS developer so I think you’re onto something here
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Dreamwinder
Dreamwinder
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*Looks at the mastadon at the cubicle next to me. He looks back and shrugs.*
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alcinnz
alcinnz
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alcinnz@floss.social creates Free/Libre OpenSource Software.
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alcinnz
alcinnz
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Also: If you want to understand my username: I'm Adrian Lyall Cochrane in New Zealand.
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Simonoid
Simonoid
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I chose geographic location. Federation still means I can hang out with anyone 😍😁
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Courtney Herber, PhD
Courtney Herber, PhD
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Then I am exceedingly happy with my choice of server! I love it - and now I won't be able to unsee adorable little Mastodon medieval villages!!
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I’m a proud member of the Question Others to Teach Ourselves brigade.
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