Mesha“Blah blah people are still on Twitter for no good reason,” says the non-black person fitting into this white-ass space with the utmost of ease.
OldAndCranky@ThisPlaceAgain how can it change? How can we change it? What can I do ? Does this vary from instance to instance? Is this typical of the greater fediverse, or just mastodon?
@OldAndCranky I don’t really know. I’m not that smart. I’m only good for complaining and eating enchiladas.
@ThisPlaceAgain two of my favorite things.
Mike (no not that one)@ThisPlaceAgain @OldAndCranky I've been trying to listen to as many voices in the community as I can to get answers to that question. These are the things I've heard most often (I'm open to correction/expansion):
Better moderation to protect BIPOC voices
Stop asking BIPOC voices to hide/censor for the sake of the Fediverse 'vibe'
Better tools to help find one another and build community (QTs, community trends, groups, etc.)
I'm sure there's more?
Better moderation to protect BIPOC voices
Stop asking BIPOC voices to hide/censor for the sake of the Fediverse 'vibe'
Better tools to help find one another and build community (QTs, community trends, groups, etc.)
I'm sure there's more?
Wraithe@ThisPlaceAgain @OldAndCranky It’s definitely the fediverse (Open Social Web), & just that Masto is the biggest sw on it.
And it’s purely a cultural issue. I’ve found it’s very Eurocentric (and therefore REALLY white adjacent) but with a dose of “well, we don’t have racism the way the US does” smugness.
How to fix it is sadly above this YT boys pay grade. Mostly it’s about not tolerating intolerance and listening to BIPOC folks. Which sure SOUNDS like it should be easy….