Caffe NekoNov 11, 2022

Dear Twitter ex-pats. When we all flounced out of Twitter loudly proclaiming we were going to Mastodon this sent a message to trolls, nazis that they could set up servers & come here.

If anyone gets harrassed with hatespeech pls note that that is not the culture of Mastodon. Please report & block those users. If you notice a pattern from the same weird domain, block that domain, write a post of the server name w/ a hashtag fediblock so your server admin can follow up & block it for everyone.

Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Nov 11, 2022
@caffeneko Just a small heads up, many people consider calling oneself an expat a red flag, in any context.
Show threadCaffe NekoNov 11, 2022
@ainmosni I am seeing that. In the states some complain if white person co-opts the term 'migrant' or 'refugee.' I figured ex-pat would be fairly neutral, I guess that was wrong.
Show threadtlsmith63Nov 11, 2022
@caffeneko @ainmosni I do not think “ex pat” is a problem. The others, yes.
Show threadtlsmith63Nov 11, 2022
@caffeneko @ainmosni I think of the first two terms as people who are not white fleeing their countries. I think of “ex pat” as someone of any race who moves from one country to another with no problems in their life. But I am willing to listen to an explanation. I am always learning. If I am wrong, I am wrong.
Show threadCaffe NekoNov 11, 2022
@tlsmith63 @ainmosni I have been told by POC not to appropriate the term refugee, that it is disrespectful to use for those just leaving Twitter.
Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈

@caffeneko @tlsmith63 Refugee, even jokingly, would indeed be the worst term, considering the hardships refugees go through at the hand of more privileged countries.

Maybe something more explicit like "newbies from twitter" or "extwits" or whatever would be better, and evade migration terms altogether.

Nov 12, 2022 at 6:20amWeb