Many of you think the #Fediverse is the best online social experience ever and that’s your right.
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Many of you think the #Fediverse is the best online social experience ever and that’s your right. I don’t agree particularly when it comes to Mastodon. Black and Brown folks have been chased out of this space, one of the largest minority ran instances essentially forced to shut down and much more. Then you get white folks in peoples mentions telling Black and Brown folks to digitally segregate themselves as if that’s an acceptable response.
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@damon I just want to understand - it is mostly a lack of moderation?
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@peteriskrisjanis Thank you for asking. It’s a bit more nuanced than that. PMs are where a lot of this harassment is tacking place and it goes unknown. A person typically has to make a complaint then they get a bunch of replies of people stating “ that’s not my experience” “ I’ve never seen that “ While there’s some truth to that there’s also the denial and protectionism as those typically white users don’t want there spaces to appear any less than the perfect image there created in their heads. It’s a lack of tooling, community efforts in terms of communication with users of all backgrounds. Obviously, this isn’t the only experience and there’s been lovely people that do care that want to improve the Fediverse for all.
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