Alt Forums

Hey I found Found this forum over on https://forumpromotion.net/directory/alt-forums.1322/

I joined because I want to encourage others to keep away from the ills of the social media on the masses. I much prefer communicating on forums. no tracking no algos. just me and the keyboard (and the dog)

I post on a few other forums and I was looking to add a few more to my bag.

This is a thread I've been meaning to create since I get curious to see how everyone found the forum. So how did you find Alt Forums?

As a short introduction, I go by Elkaki pretty much everywhere. I have a somewhat recent fixation with a more personal internet, more fragmented, less corporate as Ive become burned by a lot of the big platforms. Be it blogs, forums, random projects or whatever.

And as a person, my main hobbies are gaming and reading manga, some literature here and then and thats pretty much it, maybe linux could be considered as a hobby with how much time it takes out of me sometimes lol

Saw a mention of the site by Ravenfreak on Cozy.talk (a pretty cool site that has just started) and now im here snooping around XD

Sup nerds! Smokey here. :-)

Hi, I am Nomad. I am active on multiple communities and I am passionate about community discussion. I am interested in multiple niches, including tech. I also run a few communities and blogs.

Its nice to be here

"Back in my day...."

Um, sorry. Anyway, I'm Senkusha. I'm old, well not that old. I'm 50. I've been around the block a few times. (You can hear me coming by the frantic wheezing as I slow-jog down the street!)

I'm primarily active with creative writing, anime, and role playing, occasionally cooking, because let's face it, I like to eat yummy food too, but I do know a few things outside of M$ Windows. And because this is a technology forum, here's some of my experience:

• You already know I'm ancient. I know my way around the Internet. In fact, I found all those sticky potholes (known as pr0n traps) back in the 90s).
• While I was in the United States Air Force (1995 - 1999), I studied computer technology. It was there I was first introduced to the Linux operating system as an free alternative to learn UNIX.
• I worked as a Software Support Specialist from 1999 - 2007... utilizing good old fashioned technologies like DOS and WordPerfect 5.1. This is also where I learned SQL (all on my own) as well as Visual Basic .NET. Only to be canned shortly afterwards because of some stupid financial crisis. We're not talking about that though.
• Concurrently, or while I was doing that professionally, I was personally mastering web design. I administered my first SMF forum beginning in 2003, and it was farily successful until 2012. Burnout is a real thing. It was here I learned PHP and some basic HTML and CSS.
• Now I just want stuff to work without putting up a fight.
• I know a little Unreal Engine 5.x. It's fun, but I barely have any time to work with it.
• I use an Android phone, created sometime prior to 2020? I mean, I bought it in 2020, so I'm only assuming that it was created before that. It'd be pretty awkward if it was created after I purchased it. Man, T-Mobile has some epic level technology there!

Other hobbies of mine? You know I like anime. Specifically, I enjoy Science Fiction, Romantic Comedies, Weird Crap (like Gender-Benders and Magical Girls), and I lost my train of thought. I like older television and movies. 80s comedy, like Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Indiana Jones, and SpaceBalls are all favorites. I liked BattleStar Galactica, Stargate SG-1 (when Richard Dean Anderson was in it), and House MD. I also enjoyed shows like, The A-Team, Airwolf, and Knight Rider.

Personality wise, I'm GenX. That means that I can be sarcastic. You've been warned. It's also nearly impossible to offend me. I'm sort of a hippie though. Lots of love and junk. (crossed with a Valley Girl there...) I'm pretty easy to get along with. Oh, and I tend to ramble a lot. Like right now!

I'll talk to ya later.... Need coffee.
(And I don't care that it's after 16:00!)
((Yes, I started a sentence with and. Get over it.)) LOL

Hello, how is everyone doing? Glad to be part of this growing community.

Hello everyone my username is Ravenfreak. I've recently been diving into the world of alternative platforms recently and I wanted to create a forum that can centralize discussions around other platforms. I'm currently 35 years old and I've been using forums for a while now, I still consider them to be the best way to communicate with other people on the internet, but I understand that they are not suitable for every type of community. Anyways I also enjoy playing video games, with Sonic the Hedgehog being my favorite gaming franchise. I hope you enjoy this community as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Hi I'm Kat! Can't wait to see what you do with this place :)

Gizmo here!