I first got internet access in 2010. Phones didn’t exist in 2010s… well I didn’t have one at least.

So I just… made a facebook to talk with school friends when I’m at home… I only ever had like single digits of people to add… like I didn’t speak much English and hard to connect with anyone that didn’t speak Cantonese (or Mandarin). (still typed English on the chat tho.

Eventually I left nyc and I just deleted my facebook because I think I just didn’t feel close with them anymore.

I don’t think I even ever “posted” much if at all… I just used it for facebook games, which I eventualy grew out off.

Then I re-made an account to connect with someone back in nyc, then later I just feel like its too awkward to continue chatting since we havent talked for months/years (forgot how long) and I deleted it again after just exchanging a few “oh school in Philly is crazy lots of fights”.

Then I spent some time on some game forums.

Then I found reddit. I just scrolled through the top platforms and a pseudo-anonymous platform is exactly what I wanted… being an introvert.

I mostly scrolled, never posted much. Didn’t have an account most of the time, only occasionally made throwaways to comment then nuke it in a month or so… don’t even remember any of the usernames I used.

Then everything changed when the Fire Nation attached on June 12, 2023