@daedalus The Australian citizenship test should be one question only: "Am I ever gonna see your face again?"

(Insofar as there should be a test at all)

sleepy juniors... zzz

#mdzs #danmei #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #mxtx

Here's some masto history

There was a period of severe #racism here on masto. And not just from the shitty nazi side.

Just a lot of white liberal "left" people who felt that they were God's Gift to Mankind.

Who knew how to walk the walk. But the moment you pushed even slightly at them. Pointed out how a statement could be read as inflammatory. Pointed out an outdated term.

They exploded. Shit the fucking bed. And then left in a huff.

It took a group of #BIPOC users getting together and agreeing to work together for a while in dealing with these "subtle" racists for anything to get done. Because, of course, these shitlords made themselves popular amongst the white population.

But, it has happened. there was a solid year of stress and daily racism at some pretty extreme levels.

but there has been a sharp decrease of racism. Not an ending, I ain't ignorant. But a step, and a big enough step that I know of several instances on here that I can reach out to whenever I feel racially targeted to help me out.

I worry about how many of those shitheads are going to sneak in with the current iteration of new users.

But it isn't hopeless. We just have to remain vigilant and reach out to our fellow BIPOC for backup.

One of the reasons a lot of us OG fedi folks came over was to get away from constant promo posts on Twitter and FB. At the same time, we want indie creators especially to be able to support themselves, which means we need to promote our stuff.

So some etiquette has evolved around self promotions. I’m gonna share the basics, and then explain how I approach promoting my work for folks who are following me. The rest of this thread is going unlisted and under a CW.