RetroFed Forum

A place for:

Sharing cool rocks you found
Discussing cool rocks
Memeing about rocks
Sharing rock facts
Cool rocks

Minerals are cool, too.

Be gneiss to each other.

Please use posts for your rocks. Feel free to add more pictures and links to articles in the post text.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

A place for:

Sharing cool rocks you found
Discussing cool rocks
Memeing about rocks
Sharing rock facts
Cool rocks

Minerals are cool, too.

Be gneiss to each other.

Please use posts for your rocks. Feel free to add more pictures and links to articles in the post text.

A place for:

Sharing cool rocks you found
Discussing cool rocks
Memeing about rocks
Sharing rock facts
Cool rocks

Minerals are cool, too.

Be gneiss to each other.

Please use posts for your rocks. Feel free to add more pictures and links to articles in the post text.

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

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