It is worth noting to my friends trying to find a new post-Twitter home: mastodon has had a recent purge of POC activists, for unknown reasons ATM but the common thread seems to be discussing racism--in any context. A lot of bipoc creators that I follow are swearing off the service entirely.

Yes, you can go to another instance that doesn't ban discussion of racism at the drop of the hat, but it does not change that you lose everything you built in the previous one and there is no greater oversight on instances to protect marginalized people other than the honor system. And we all know how well that works.

So, unfortunately, mastodon is a pass for me. I don't want to use yet another service that claims inclusivity while oppressing people with harsh truth to tell.

@tickyhead what are other services that doesn't ban you'd recommend?
@CarrieHall1001 I'm currently still looking. Most of the creators that I follow have moved to hive social, but the downsides to that one are a lack of web presence (it's app only atm) and a dev team of only 2 people. Good people that protect queer and bipoc users, but still. They are looking to expand now that they're getting more popular, but it will likely be a long road until they're truly viable.