The birdsite flagged this post for 'sensitive' information. Consider it an incentive to buy this book. (It's illustrated!!)

#BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #WomensHistory #History #SlaveRebellion #StayWoke #WokeUsedCorrectly

I would like to be able to make recommendations to BIPOC who have been scared off by the (non)moderation of mastodon.social and some of the other bigger instances.

If you know of an instance where there are non-white people who are doing the moderation (and also that the moderation is good) please let me know.

Thank you, comrades! <3

Hi, Mastodon! New and looking for my people.

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter

#musktotusk ettiquette thoughts. I'd been thinking about this for a while, but @MiraAssafK 's latest post about self-censoring in response to a Tedious Reply which positions both venting about and agitating against injustice as uncivil, warning-worthy, and/or a specific cultural produt of the bird site kind of crystalised it.

There's the macro culture problem pertaining to the White People (mostly white, all people) doing the norm-enforcing.

It's looking to me like there's also a problem of speed and critical mass. And thence, *my* engagement patterns, honed on twitter & tumblr, are not helping.

1. Speed: things take a long time to federate between servers. I think there's even a bit of a lag between me posting on @hcommons and my own post showing up in my feed; the lag is much slower for @highly_reckons showing up here.

Thread coming up.