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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I run 'Flagged as Fantastic' (@Mefite_), a Twitter account with links and commentary. Sometimes I quote people on this account; if you do not wish to be quoted, please Memail me, or you can send me a tweet (either to @Mefite_ or my personal account, @melindacasino) and I will not quote you.

The @Mefite_ account has a following of 261 people as of 03.01.2016.

You can see the announcement, which I wrote, from the Mefi Projects page here.

ADMIN TALK OVER NOW FOR A BIT OF FUN

I am not giving away my -
POST!
I am not giving away my -
POST!
I’m just like my website
I’m old, crotchety and indignant
And I’m not throwing away my -- post!
I’m ‘a get a five dollars to post here'
I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
The problem is I got a lot of favs but no polish
I gotta holler just to be heard
With every FPP, I drop knowledge!
I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
Tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable
Only 47 but my mind is younger
These MetaTalks get colder, I shoulder
Ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage
I have learned to EDIT!, I don’t have mod powers to brandish
I type the blue and grey famished
The plan is to fan this Meta into a flame
But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell out the name...
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I used to post more often; that was before I adopted two foster kittens.