As folks start to join us, I'd just like to remind everyone that this is a topic based instance. Discussion is mostly focused on SciArt, SciComm, data, visualization, creative coding, and related arts and research.

There is more about this instance here: https://vis.social/about/more

Seriously though, fedi was *built* by furries, trans and queer folk, disabled neurodivergent people.

This is *the reason* the culture here is what it is. Why CWs are a thing. Why image descriptions are a thing. Why privacy matters here. Why moderation tools not only exist, but are usable — and used.

If you had joined and asked yourself "wow, how come this place is so chill and kinda… nice?" — that's thanks to all the nice people from communities some people call "weird".

So #KeepFediWeird.