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Hello!

I'm Arkhive (they/she), one of your new mods and I've just got a sort of update from the mod team.

We, the mods of Onehundredninetysix (hereby referred to as OneNineSix for my own sanity), would like to introduce ourselves. The members of the mod team that are interested will post a comment below this post and hopefully mingle a bit. Something that has come up in our discussions is a general interest in owning our actions, even in online spaces. That means putting people behind the names you see in the sidebar.

As the OneNineSix community coalesces, things have been quite good from our end. While we could be quicker at processing reports, a lot of that stems from us discussing choices as a group before making final decisions...and probably a bit more fear to use our power than is good for us, but time I'm sure will fix that proceeds to power trip. We are absolutely not infallible, and we also strive to admit wrong when necessary and work to rectify it. There is a degree of patience that necessarily extends both directions between mods and users, and in the end we are all users of the same space. We will work to be good stewards of this space for all those being good stewards with us.

And so! This thread. If this idea goes over poorly, please take it out in the replies to my comment, and we will assess and hopefully the other mods will dive in on the discussion too. We have also floated the idea of an irregularly occurring, semi-regular, mod chat thread. My pitch is for "Modly Mondays" but its still an idea in its infancy and feedback is welcome;)

Thank you for your time, thank you for the memes (the cat included), and I'll remove see you from in the comments.

TL;DR I'm Arkhive (they/she), I'm a mod, there's more of us (surprise!), and we'd like to introduce ourselves in the comments.

Side note: I realize this is being posted on a day there are protests happening across the US and presumably throughout the world. While this is not an explicitly US comm, I want to remind people to stay safe. Know your rights, know the ACLU phone number, have an exit plan, go as a group, and don't talk to cops. We keep us safe.

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  • Hey. I am jawa21. I am a trans woman that likes to make Star Trek video edits. I am a machinist by trade and really love what I get to do for a living. I use an Arch derivative, btw. If you want to know anything, just ask.

  • Haiiii I forgot we were doing the intros thing and havent prepared one and Im half awake >v< but uhhh Im Mia and Im a transgirl and a demon >:3 Ive been around 196 under different names (cuz of a combination of transitioning and plurality :3) since it started getting popular on Reddit and when it closed in protest to the Reddit bullshittery (temporarily XP) and I saw this place I thought it was super cool and I was right :3💖 Im pretty sure I had checked out lemmy along with raddle long before that but didnt like either at the time

    btw I saw NotJessica say she likes being the emotional support and thats also so my thing so yeh I second what she said if I can help with anything :3

    o also I made the 196 matrix space if u havent seen the pinned post so if u want some nerdy queers to talk with go check it out! :3

  • Hey there folks, I'm Cornflake :) Most people call me Flake, but I never get tired of hearing creative nicknames so gimme all you've got!

    I'm mostly a music nerd- I've got a pretty sizeable music collection, a B.S. in audio production, a B.A. of arts in jazz, and I play the saxophone! 🎷 Some of my favorite music artists include: Electric Light Orchestra, Tally Hall, Dave Brubeck, That Handsome Devil, Will Wood, Billy Joel, and if I keep listing more I might just figure out the Lemmy character limit xD

    I'm happy to chat with you about just about anything, so feel free to HMU, always excited to meet new people ^^

    -Cornflake

  • Hello! I'm Linda, I'm neurospicy, some kind of pan and asexual maybe, and I use she/her!

    I'm a board game enthusiast and I love TTRPGs (I'm in a couple of different games, DM a couple of games, and I'm writing a couple of rulesets) and I'm big into hobby programming (I make games that I never finish in rust).

    Politically I'm not quite an anarchist, but I believe it's an ideal that should be approximated as much as possible, and believe that achieving some other kind of socialism first is probably gonna be the first step anyways after unionizing more.

    I moderate some of the rooms in the genderverse matrix which you should all check out btw! It's an active mostly trans and quite chill community. There's also a DIY room there for those of you looking to get into that.

    Love you all, stay safe, and may your shitposts be numerous and plenty!

    Edit: Oh yeah! I wrote the first draft for the current rules and mod guidelines. We have talked about making the rules way shorter/simpler (mostly me maybe :P), but I will be happy to answer any questions you have about da rules.

    Edit: I use arch btw.

  • Hi!

    I'm TotallynotJessica (she/her), and I swear my name isn't Jessica! >~<

    I kinda kick started this comm with a post some may remember on femcelmemes, where I'm the community mom. I mentioned there that I really wanted to help mod a new comm, but I didn't want to spearhead it. It takes a lot of work from all of us, and I knew I couldn't do it alone. Thankfully, all the other mods share my enthusiasm for making this shitposting home welcoming and supportive for queer people and allies. We are all dedicated to having you involved in how we run things and using our power fairly proceeds to power trip

    I hope to provide the emotional support, so feel free to dm me if you have anything that's bothering you. I'll try to reply as quickly as I can (which could be a day or two sometimes, so message others if I don't give a response)

    As far as who I am, I'm a transpoc woman from America who represents everything the right hates and fears. I dislike all imperialists, especially the tankie and liberal varieties, and will not tolerate people who defend the undefendable from their own team. No identity can make you a good person, so be good to one another <3

  • so umm like, im adora, nice to meet yall <3

    im a trans disaster lesbian, anarchist, a bard (i play the banjo), im a huge nerd, privacy and foss enthusiast (i use arch btw), and very autistic/adhd~ :3c

    im mostly just here to powertrip and abuse my mod powers post memes and be cute <3 id love to answer any questions about our community if i can, or just talk about cool things with cool people, maybe you can info dump about your special interests for me?:33

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