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Hello everyone, I’m Maartje De Meulder. After spending years on X, I’ve decided to give Mastodon a try. I’m a senior researcher at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and I split my time mainly between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway. I’ll be mostly posting about all things language, disability, and technologies, and how they intersect, along with navigating academia. 145 comments
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 @mdemeulder Welcome, Maartje! So great to see you here… let's make this the better place! Looking forward to your insights!  @mdemeulder Hello Maartje! I've read a lot of your writings in my sign language studies. I'm glad to have you here. :Blobbybara_Heart: @mdemeulder Welcome! My sister visiting Netherlands in a month for 1st time -told her to visit Utrecht. @mdemeulder Hello 👋 That sounds like an interesting research package 😀 As a youth research student with some background in organizing accessible digital gaming activities in youth work I am certainly interested 🦾   @mdemeulder Welcome! Researchers seem to be quite well represented here on Mastodon. Glad to follow you.  @mdemeulder Hi! 👋 Nice to meet you, and welcome to the Fediverse. I recently read your publications because I’m conducting research on disaffection with museums (disabilities, racism, etc.). Cheers! @mdemeulder I'm so glad you introduced yourself because that all sounds fascinating.    @mdemeulder Welcome aboard! I've been here for about a year and the overall environmental feel is night and day compared to Twitter. I have absolutely zero regrets investing my time here. :)   @mdemeulder I joined Twitter years ago just because scientists were moving there at the time. Good to see scientists joining Mastodon now. @mdemeulder ... I'm in the same boat as you are Maartje. I've got over 20,000 followers on Twitter and will leave it all behind after the election. Hopefully Mastodon will work out to be my new home. @mdemeulder Hello Maartje and welcome to the Promised La... I mean, welcome to Mastodon. You may have already noticed the difference between Mastodon users and those on Xitter. For example, I've just read seventeen other replies to your introductory post, and in relation to your work and being 'deaf', the comments seem to be somewhere between 'supportive of' and 'interested in' your work. But had this been Xitter, at least one idiot would have typed in ALL CAPS SO YOU MIGHT HEAR THEM!  Welcome to Mastodon and the fediverse. I trust you'll find this a much better place to funnel your efforts in comparison to X. You'll probably wonder why you put it off for so long. It can be a slow start, but follow keywords for things you're interested in, and the contacts will gradually grow in number. @mdemeulder Welcome to Mastodon. Today is international sign language day and I look forward to hearing your opinions on how sign language is covered in linguistic studies. Thank you for joining us   welcome, Maartje, and I see you’ve already been pointed to be best resource there is: lots of really great info on fedi.tips, well worth a bookmark! Make yourself at home, great to have you on board!  @mdemeulder Thank you for bringing your perspective and helping the fediverse improve and be more welcoming and inclusive to all. maybe I am overly sensitive cause I am Jewish, but back in Nov 22 when Musk welcomed a holocaust denier back, I was done what is that meme, used to be popular, something about if you are in a room with a Nazi and don't leave . . @mdemeulder Welcome. I am quite new here as well. Hope this platform will be better for your voice to be heard! @mdemeulder welcome!!!! just few days ago @tferrer was asking for something in regard of sign language… I sadly can’t find what was, and neither if he solved his doubt.  @mdemeulder Welcome! I spent a lot of time on academic Twitter before migrating over here in 2022. My shoulders have never been so relaxed. Happy to see others making the switch 😊  @mdemeulder welcome. Hopefully you will make yourself at home here, as the rest of us. @mdemeulder You will like it here. This is social media as it should be, not the divisive techbro networks that are designed with the intent to divide people.  It's not what Mastodon IS, it's what it ISN'T. People here will listen to you more than they comment. Stupid trolling is rare to non-existent. You will get less feedback, but what you DO get is made by real people, not bots.   @mdemeulder Welcome, take off your coat, make yourself at home, and stay awhile. Would you care for a cup of tea? @mdemeulder Welcome! I'm just a retiree with wide interests, but that sounds like things I want to hear more about!   @mdemeulder I research patient journey, the future of healthcare, and write short stories   @mdemeulder Utrecht is just the bees knees! Welcome aboard, have a little boost @mdemeulder I hope you'll have a rewarding and satisfactory experience using mastodon (and other actipub services). @mdemeulder Welcome! I work at Gallaudet and I'm familiar with your work - nice to see you here.  @mdemeulder |
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