How did you find out that there were other conlangers?

How did you find out that there were other conlangers?

How did you find out that it was called "conlanging", or find any of
the online resources in general?

How could that be made easier - so that conlangers who think they're
The Only Ones (didn't the majority of us start out that way?) can
easily be connected to the rest of us, have more resources at their
disposal, etc.


Basically, I'd like to improve the reaching-out that we do, but I'm
not sure how to go about it. Even using the term 'conlanger' is
something that's community-internal. Once you know a few resources,
the rest are relatively easy to find - it's that initial step of
realizing that there might even *be* something out there, and finding
it, that is difficult.

Stories? Ideas?

- Sai

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