We Need Your Help A group of wild eyed idealists have gathered to create a #Mastodon / #Fediverse instance focused on people, events, and resources in British Columbia, Canada!
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Wanda Pickett last edited by
@wkpickett thank you!!
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Alan McConchiereplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris Maybe bc.social?
Also, I know that the possibility of renaming #BritishColumbia is pretty far off, but this could be an opportunity to raise awareness about a new possible name if there is one you could agree on (not an easy proposition, I know).
Should British Columbia change its name? As we reckon with history, some say it's time | CBC News
There's been a national reckoning on place names and the people they're named after — and some say that conversation should include looking at the name of British Columbia, which is derived, in part, from Christopher Columbus.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Alan McConchie last edited by
@alan unfortunately that particular choice is unavailable. We were bouncing around a few non-"bc" names as well. We certainly want to be open to all Indigenous ways and possibilities that could help on the road to decolonizing our real and digital spaces but in the end simplicity is a big factor, so we came to these two.
In my own personal view, I think we might see that name change one day, especially when you consider the people of British Columbia, including Indigenous, had come up with something different at the original time but long travel times forced Queen Victoria to make her decision as she did!
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Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris I won’t vote, because I feel like it should be left to potential users of the instance to decide. I did boost it for visibility
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Stéphanie Pageaureplied to Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel: last edited by
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel: last edited by
@EdwinG all good! I think we're open to suggestions from anyone/anywhere.
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Kevin Boydreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris bestcoast.social is available
Alternatively, could you contact CIRA to see about getting social.bc.ca? They used to allow such registrations, but now it might require a special dispensation.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Kevin Boyd last edited by
@kboyd I didn't know CIRA actually allowed the public access to that subdomain! We also have to formally ask the Province to be allowed to use the words British Columbia in our Society name. That decision is pending but we are optimistic it will be approved. We pondered a few “bestcoast/leftcoast/wetcoast” type names too.
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@chris Federated Association for British Columbian Humans Interested in Collaboration: .fabchic
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@WhiteCatTamer nice
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El Duvellereplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris I like the first one and it has the advantage of sounding like "social bicycle"
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sleepy62replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris I know it makes sense but im not a fan of the term social in this context. Maybe its PTSD from facebook....️
Some alternatives:
society
soc.bc.caCommunity
community.bc.caculture
culture.bc.caI like soc.bc.ca because brings back old timey usenet group vibes..
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Jordi (Majestic Trumpet)replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
I've already found my home with the beige crew, but as a British Columbian, I'm so here for a BC instance to start up. I'll definitely stay connected with y'all. So I'd like to vote for @socialbc.ca
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@chris socialbc.ca is such a perfect name that I'm surprised it's available
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Erin Dalzell (He/Him)replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris this will give some folks, like me, a tough choice, due to cosocial.ca.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Jordi (Majestic Trumpet) last edited by
@Jorsh awesome! This helps in trying to get the word out so that when we go live people might actually come! :+)
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@Dunstable I was a little surprised it was available! (we registered both of these preemptively before doing this poll just to be safe :))
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Erin Dalzell (He/Him) last edited by
@emd I very much hope it is not so much a choice as more of an expansion of the whole! I don't think anyone wants to poach people!
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Erin Dalzell (He/Him)replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris tbh, I don't really care about the domain, I'd rather use my own domain, on an existing server (I've requested this on cosocial), so that I'm truly “portable”