Dialup 🌍

@surfacepro18 @djbaskin We went through some maintenance, calls are resumed as usual now

@dialup @djbaskin my dialup hasn’t been working since the last week or so and just stuck on loading screen.

@womb_sounds_2 It’s back online now! ☎️✨

@OmRai1601 server was down, but it's back up 🙌 calls should resume as usual

@ad_ds @djbaskin it's back up now

Is @dialup down right now?@djbaskin

@nicholasmacias @dragon_khoi @benjitaylor @zackhargett a good time to try it! there are topics that call a few times per day—you're welcome to join✨

@dragon_khoi @benjitaylor @zackhargett I've been meaning to play with @dialup

best consumer social apps to try weird social mechanics? (particularly interested in making friends, local/IRL networks, weird dating, messaging/communication)

@ad_ds @djbaskin It's back! We were offline for a day

Is @dialup down right now? @djbaskin

@eiritana Aw thank you! 💫💗📞

Another lovely chat via the app @dialup. This time with a Bostonian poet called Dance. You will only find his poetry in library books where he seeds them for the curious to discover.

@MisterGenest I wish, but it’s tricky given the # of users and scheduling. You could join the discord and ask if anyone’s read those books! (I’ll also talk to you about Station Eleven after I read it lol)

@dialup Hey @dialup, I am dying to talk about some specific books! Could a publisher, to rev up enthusiasm for one of their older books, something like Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry of the Future (2019), Station Eleven by Mandel (2012) Problem though: people aren't on-topic on D.U.

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@MSillion Next time it happens you can try DM'ing us with both your usernames and we can try to reconnect you (not guaranteed). Otherwise, unfortunately your connection might be lost to the ether, but we hope it was nice even if ephemeral

@dialup is there any way to reconnect a call? I was mid conversation and turned off my screen which accidentally ended the call! It was a nice conversation! Help!

@kslstn @anthonybosschem Yep! The domain itself had been registered since 1994, but we got it in 2019 when we launched the app! (When I went to change the name servers they had not been touched since 1994).

@ricormd That's so awesome! Glad you connected on so many topics ✨

I have had an interesting conversation on @dialup with a woman from seattle. We talked so much from topic A to B and so on. I truly appreciate it. You guys have to try it in your free time.

@h0thstuff Glad you’ve discovered us! 💫

@MisterGenest That’s awesome!

Today had a voice convo with a stranger on @dialup: discovered the band Catastrophe catastrophez.bandcamp.com

Just had a lovely chat with @ricormd via the app @dialup. Another serendipitous connection that took me somewhere far away and taught me abut how people are living there. Cheers Rico! I love it when technology connects the dots and makes the world a little smaller. :-)

@dustinfreeman @GalaxyKate @djbaskin We can discuss! We have a few communities and orgs using Dialup for serendipitous randomly paired one on ones and they enjoy it as a way to meet and connect deeper with people

@GalaxyKate Give them a @dialup channel. @djbaskin ?

One of the hardest problems in teaching intro programming is student isolation. Students don't have CS friends, don't compare notes, don't pick up on "normal" coding practices. I want to fix this next quarter. Instructors, what are your hacks to get students to know each other?

@oeiuwq It’s us!

@surfacepro5 Calls will resume as usual tomorrow. Did a little maintenance

@surfacepro5 Fixing shortly!