OLD PERSON W/NO COMPUTER TECH WANTS TO SOCIALIZE MORE ONLINE.

[doreet]

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HI, my name is Doreet; I'm a senior(ok, old lady!)-and since socializing to make new friends in this town is hard,I decided to take ,my limited tech-knowledge and start to (safely) socialize w/people online.I once was an artist so now I love using free Asian software online to do art.I am on a couple websites,but the socialization is dim.We don't socialize much.I know it can be dangerous to meet peop[e & talk online,and there are a lot of crooks.So I'd like to know,"how do I socialize safely?"Where would you go?(Facebook hates me)-----What are the folks here like?HOW DO I PROTECT MYSELF from very evil people (and Software)--online?Do you have tto learn lots of difficult technical stuff?I HAVE been hacked before,it was horrible.They hacked into my computer screen and my tv screen!-And then just left! No left bad effects.-It might have been people I used to know--ok,am I in the wrong site?I am pretty curious person.Thank you very much.-I do follow codes of conduct.(I do art on a very young person's site and we must be careful to not discuss any subject youngsters can't handle.-even age.) Let me know beginners' things I must learn.--Or if this site is not ok for less-technical people .Thank you,all best!--Doreet =( 0 / 0 )=

[queenofcorgis]

Hi there @doreet, pleased to make your acquaintance!

My wonderful teammate, @ghostinhershell, just published a great guide on how to secure your GitHub account in minutes that I recommend.

Then @gvwilson and @smallperks have this resource for staying safe online 🔒 .

You mentioned you are an artist so I wanted to share some resources around GitHub to keep your creative spirit flourishing:

• Pixel Art Tools Collection: Open source apps and tools for the digital artist
• Krita: Cross-platform application that offers an end-to-end solution for creating digital art files from scratch built on the KDE and Qt frameworks.
• Pinta Project: A free, open source program for drawing and image editing.

Looking forward to seeing what you create 🎨