Even when Twitter’s T&S infrastructure was at its most functional – which I’d say was 2021-mid 2022 – I sometimes saw appeals on content decisions, suspensions, etc. take 2-3 months unless I escalated to personal contacts at the company.

I keep seeing folks expect #moderation and community management decisions on volunteer-run fedi instances to happen in hours – not even days – and jumping to defederation when they don’t get immediate responses. It’s going to burn out so many admins, and makes me sad and worried about the sustainability and scalability of our communities.

#fediverse #fediadmin #contentmoderation #communitymanagement #mastoadmin #mastodon

The CEO-to-worker pay gap at America’s largest public companies is now 399-to-1.

In 1965, the ratio was 20-to-1.

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

On Dropout for an episode of #AdventuringAcademy (with a guest appearance from my wheelchair Phoenix)! Episode is live now: https://www.dropout.tv/videos/sneak-a-snack-with-sam-de-leve

Naturally, I repped Apostate from #InvisibleSun by @mcg 😎

PSA

If you don't add alt text to an image, I'm not going to boost the post with that image in it.

I don't currently need the alt text, but many others do.

#AltText

View from the inside of a cello, photograph by Charles Brooks.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/19/pictured-remarkable-picture-shows-vast-interior-ordinary-cello/

#SapphicSaturday

Today we’re celebrating the Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs: Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)!

Bentley was a successful African American pianist, blues singer, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance. Her career took off when she appeared at a gay club in NYC: Harry Hansberry's Clam House, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer backed by a chorus line of drag queens. Her signature outfit remains a tuxedo and top hat!

#QueerHistory #BlackHistory #SapphicHerstory