X has taken its stance. Nazis on the platform are allowed. Pro-Hitler posts are allowed. Holocaust denial is allowed.
If you stay on a platform like that, you can't escape this creeping normalization. Even if you think you can.
"Oh, there goes another Holocaust denier. Just part of being online, I guess."
"Oh, another transphobe calling people dehumanizing slurs. Well that's the Internet for you."
Creeping normalization is like advertising. Even if you think it won't influence you, it will.
Brilliant post!
Staying on Twitter will influence you.
And we can't let it take root here. Been hearing more of, "that's just the way social media is." It's not. Social media is what we make it. Open social media can be respectful and kind. We can do this.
[Edit: changed the second sentence because it was overly harsh]
@mastodonmigration FYI, just today I heard from another Black person who talked about how this attitude is a big part of why they and their friends find Mastodon so hostile.
As I so often seem to say to you if that's your goal, great, carry on as you are. If that's *not* your goal, consider a different approach.
Erik Moeller
Mastodon Migration
Jon (now at neuromatch.social)
Debbie Belair
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