Matt Blaze@paintedsky @BioTurboNick how is that rude? I can see how someone might disagree with my assessment, but how is it rude to state a strong opinion?
Heath Borders@mattblaze people infer when you say "obviously broken" that you're saying that their use cases are invalid. If you affirmed the validity of other use cases, when voicing a strong opinion like this (as you did later in the thread with nuz) I think people wouldn't see it as rude.
@mattblaze Unfortunately, middle-aged-and-older white guys are the cause of a lot of suffering for underrepresented minorities because many powerful white guys don't consider URM perspectives. So part of our baggage in this world is expressing our opinions in ways that demonstrate that we do consider URM perspectives.
I know it's not fair that we alter our behavior bc some white guys are assholes. It's also not fair that white guys get lots of advantages in life. 🤷🏻♂️
@heathborders In what way am I failing to consider unrepresented people? My thread was about making DMs safer and with clearer semantics, in large part to help protect the vulnerable.
https://federate.social/@mattblaze/110312502718395257
You said
> why this obviously broken behavior is "correct"
When you say "obviously broken", people infer that the behavior couldn't possibly be correct for anyone, yet it is correct for many on Mastodon, and many of the people for whom the behavior is correct are URMs.
Matt Blaze (@[email protected])
Because this is Mastodon, I'm now getting people lecturing me on why this obviously broken behavior is "correct".
@heathborders so, you’re inferring from THAT that I’m disregarding the needs of the underrepresented? Seriously??
FacetiousPenguin@mattblaze this person is obviously up themselves. You cannot assume good intent upon their actions or words. Block early, block often. Block domains if needed.