@Chanimal It's strange, because Mastodon gets dubbed as being more "liberal-leaning" in some white circles. To see that your experiences haven't been entirely friendly is disappointing. I think that your thread is a reminder that we could all be a little bit better, and I hope we as a community will be if and when you come back.

@kie I haven't been here long enough to really say, but if the Mastodon people are full of self congratulation about how we are the better platform, I could see how that could turn into smugness and get in the way of coping with racism when it shows up.

@soaproot And as I've seen and heard from a couple of people so far, hate does show up. Thankfully it's usually self-contained in niche servers with other people with horrid beliefs, which admins usually block - but we must always be vigilant.