Mike Shea

If I saw you at Page, thank you so much for coming up and saying hello. I saw a lot of people. I suck with names. I suck with faces. I'm kind of embarrassed about all of that, but I definitely met some people. If I did meet you at Page, you could throw me something on Discord to say hello and remind me of our little interchange and we can stay in touch. That'd be awesome.

But it was a very, very fun convention. I really liked it and I'm looking forward to it next year. So following up with this thought about YouTube and these giant platforms where people are creating their work got me thinking more about where the RPG community can communicate with each other on independent platforms.

But it was a very, very fun convention. I really liked it and I'm looking forward to it next year. So following up with this thought about YouTube and these giant platforms where people are creating their work got me thinking more about where the RPG community can communicate with each other on independent platforms.

But it was a very, very fun convention. I really liked it and I'm looking forward to it next year. So following up with this thought about YouTube and these giant platforms where people are creating their work got me thinking more about where the RPG community can communicate with each other on independent platforms.

I've talked about this before, too, since leaving X, which I think I left now two years ago or so, and moving over to federated platforms. I started with Mastodon. I'm now over on Blue Sky as well. I have thoughts about Blue Sky, which I'll share in a minute. Got me thinking a lot about where are the independent platforms where we can all congregate and talk about our hobby.

I've talked about this before, too, since leaving X, which I think I left now two years ago or so, and moving over to federated platforms. I started with Mastodon. I'm now over on Blue Sky as well. I have thoughts about Blue Sky, which I'll share in a minute. Got me thinking a lot about where are the independent platforms where we can all congregate and talk about our hobby.

I've talked about this before, too, since leaving X, which I think I left now two years ago or so, and moving over to federated platforms. I started with Mastodon. I'm now over on Blue Sky as well. I have thoughts about Blue Sky, which I'll share in a minute. Got me thinking a lot about where are the independent platforms where we can all congregate and talk about our hobby.

It's actually very apt. Yoshi Gall wrote a blog article about it literally this morning. I already had this topic on my list. And then I'm going through my RSS feeds, which we're going to talk about. Hey, look, this is a really good article. And he talks about the importance of forums and bringing back forums again as an independent platform. I agree completely.

It's actually very apt. Yoshi Gall wrote a blog article about it literally this morning. I already had this topic on my list. And then I'm going through my RSS feeds, which we're going to talk about. Hey, look, this is a really good article. And he talks about the importance of forums and bringing back forums again as an independent platform. I agree completely.

It's actually very apt. Yoshi Gall wrote a blog article about it literally this morning. I already had this topic on my list. And then I'm going through my RSS feeds, which we're going to talk about. Hey, look, this is a really good article. And he talks about the importance of forums and bringing back forums again as an independent platform. I agree completely.

And I thought it was a really great, I thought it was a really great article. You will find a link to this article in the show notes. But right now, the discourse for tabletop role-playing games is spread a lot of different places.

And I thought it was a really great, I thought it was a really great article. You will find a link to this article in the show notes. But right now, the discourse for tabletop role-playing games is spread a lot of different places.

And I thought it was a really great, I thought it was a really great article. You will find a link to this article in the show notes. But right now, the discourse for tabletop role-playing games is spread a lot of different places.

And what I want to talk about is where we can go to have really good conversations and listen to creators in the industry and learn from them that aren't tied to these massive communication platforms like Facebook, like Instagram, like TikTok. like YouTube, like X, you know, all of these other places where they're just not out for us. They don't care about good discourse.

And what I want to talk about is where we can go to have really good conversations and listen to creators in the industry and learn from them that aren't tied to these massive communication platforms like Facebook, like Instagram, like TikTok. like YouTube, like X, you know, all of these other places where they're just not out for us. They don't care about good discourse.

And what I want to talk about is where we can go to have really good conversations and listen to creators in the industry and learn from them that aren't tied to these massive communication platforms like Facebook, like Instagram, like TikTok. like YouTube, like X, you know, all of these other places where they're just not out for us. They don't care about good discourse.

They don't care about connecting people. All they care about is keeping you on their platform as long as you can be on there and they will feed you whatever they have to feed you in order for you to stay on that platform and eat up advertisements. That is their goal. That is their drive. That is what they do.

They don't care about connecting people. All they care about is keeping you on their platform as long as you can be on there and they will feed you whatever they have to feed you in order for you to stay on that platform and eat up advertisements. That is their goal. That is their drive. That is what they do.

They don't care about connecting people. All they care about is keeping you on their platform as long as you can be on there and they will feed you whatever they have to feed you in order for you to stay on that platform and eat up advertisements. That is their goal. That is their drive. That is what they do.

So I think it's really important to look at the independent, the independent places where we can have conversations about RPGs. And I wanted to talk about some of these and kind of highlight some of these and, you know, bring them up. So forums. So Yoshi Gall talked about forums. And there are two forums in particular that I really like.