Meta: Last year I wrote a retrospective of the first LessOnline. This year, several people told me that they’d read it and found it helpful/interesting/entertaining, so I figure I’ll do it again. It is once again later and longer than I wished. I’m going to try not to repeat myself unnecessarily, so the previous post may still be of interest.

Also I don’t know what tags belong on LO-related posts. Mods please advise if you happen to see this.

Ideas bouncing freely, feeling less alone
Comfortably confused, in a space that feels like home

-- Fooming Shoggoths, Right Here

At the first iteration of LessOnline -- last year, 2024 -- I didn't know, when I left home, if it would be worth it. I didn’t know the city, I didn’t know the venue, I didn’t know the people as any more than bylines on essays. [...]