• agrammatic@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    It’s quite shitty that despite all the heart-warming stories and potential to make folks feel less alone, my first thought was how this self-disclosure on a map can endanger said people.

    EDIT: I already found a pin in the city near where I grew up that I’m pretty confident I know who wrote.

    EDIT2: If I was creating this website, I would try to think of ways to use coarser locations or maybe display local stories in a way that is disconnected from the dropped pins.

    • Boz (he/him)@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Same, tbh. I think a lot of people who do this know there’s a risk, and I admire their courage. I wouldn’t dare.

  • dumples@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    What a beautiful little project. This is what the Internet is made for. People sharing moments because it makes them feel happy

  • 1000knives@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    aww, i love this site! but i also can’t find the pin i know i put there when i found the site anymore- i wonder if they removed it. oh well

    • xffxe4@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Yeah the moderation seems to take forever. My pin from a year ago is nowhere to be seen

  • Evkob@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    What a wonderful project, I teared up a little reading some of these, especially the ones from my home province. We’re small, rural, and usually quite behind on LGBTQ+ rights (not to mention our government’s current attack on trans & non-binary kids in schools.)

    It’s honestly a treasure to be able to read experiences that closely reflect mine. Makes me feel less alone in the sea of constant cisheteronormativity.