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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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! One of our first jobs is to figure out a domain name.We have a couple candidates but we thought we would put it out to YOU to help us decide!
We are [tentatively] calling ourselves the Society of Open Social Servers of British Columbia.
Please Vote, Boost and Leave Encouragement!
#bcpoli #opensocialweb -
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by [email protected]
a huge thanks for getting us this far goes out to @PhoenixSerenity, @kevinlovestech @matt @jrenken @bookandswordblog @edwiebe @amgine !!
We have both the bureaucratic and the technical stuff starting to come together! We could always use more -- and more diverse group of -- people to make this proposed space a safe, welcoming and successful place. If you are interested at all in helping, please do reach out!
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Mark Connolly 🍻 🚴🏼♀️ (he, him, his)replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris @PhoenixSerenity @kevinlovestech @matt @jrenken @bookandswordblog @edwiebe @amgine Best wishes to you on this
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Wanda Pickettreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris
I love that first one. It tells me who and where you are at a glance.
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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.