Verification of Where I Am Online

Posted on November 4, 2022    Posted by John Scalzi      1 Comment

Scalzi.com has been up and running since 1998, and I have been writing here for that long as well, and I think it’s pretty well verified that I am here and that I am the owner and I am entirely in control of it. This makes it a good place for me to officially verify where I am elsewhere on the Internet, in case those places have not verified me there, or if verification has been removed, for whatever reason.

So, below, you will find the names of various online services. If you click on the names, it will take you to the accounts on those services that I verify are ones that I have made and control, and that I use at least occasionally. There may be additional accounts that I use for specialized purposes (for example, on Twitter, I have BlogWhatever for posting updates from this site, ScalziEnt for my company and my family’s charitable foundation, and Scamperbeasts for my cats), but here I’m linking the primary ones.

I have accounts on other social media services, but those are mostly placeholders to secure my name. If I’ve posted anything at those places, it is usually a picture of a cat. The sites I list here are the ones I actually use. If you see “me” posting on other sites not noted here, it may be someone pretending to be me for their own nefarious and/or silly purposes.

With that all as preamble, here is where I am actively online:

Whatever: My blog. You’re on it right now. It’s been running since 1998 and has seen the launch and demise of at least three generations of social media. When in doubt, you will always find me here. In addition to visiting it directly, you can also subscribe to it via RSS, email, and WordPress’ reader function (if you have a WordPress account). Please visit regularly and/or subscribe!

Bluesky (@scalzi.com): The place I am doing most of my casual online hanging out at the moment. The site is still in beta is access through invitation or waitlist, but invites are not too hard to find at this point in time.

Threads (jscalzi): Instagram’s Twitter clone, and I post here a bit. This is where I’ve been doing my more topical posting (i.e., politics and stuff like that).

Mastodon (scalzi@mastodon.social): This is a “federated” Twitter-like social network. I post here semi-frequently, and more so since the former Twitter has gone down the tubes.

Facebook (scalzi): This Facebook page is primarily for news and updates relating to my career. I have a personal page on Facebook, which is not difficult to find, but I strictly limit “friending” on that to people I know in the real world in one way or another. The page linked here, however, is open to everyone.

Instagram (jscalzi): I post pictures here, about once a week.

Sites below here are places where I am online, but less frequently post:

Post (scalzi): Indeed, posting occasionally.

Spoutible (scalzi): Another Twitter substitute.

Flickr (scalzi): I also post pictures here.

Metafilter (jscalzi): Reasonably frequent commenter, vary rare article poster.

LinkedIn (scalzi): I’m here but rarely post (like, once a year or so).

Reddit (scalzi): I comment here occasionally and have posted, like, five times in 15 years.

YouTube (jscalzi): A really random collection of videos I’ve put up over the years. I update sporadically at best.

Tumblr (jscalzi): Mostly just a repeater for my blog. I also have a Tumblr for the names of my next bands (spoiler: there are no bands).

Twitter/X (scalzi): Elon Musk has become a mask-off antisemite, and, you know what, that’s enough for me. I’m done there.

I have author pages at Amazon and Goodreads. I am also on Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music and other music streamers because I have music out. I’m on Bandcamp and Soundcloud as well but use those only infrequently at this point.

I will update this post from time to time, when necessary or desirable.

— JS