Paul Cantrell
Less about whether / how to keep Threads out of the Fediverse, more about:
• How to keep vulnerable people safe in the Fediverse…regardless of whether Threads federates, or even exists
• How to make this place welcoming, accessible, and frictionless so as give people an enticing alternative to oligarch-owned social media…regardless of whether Threads federates, or even exists
Paul Cantrell
You know what I want? I want a world where the Metas of the world:
1. are terrified to federate, because it’s so awesome here they know they’ll just bleed users and lose their lock-in
2. are terrified not to federate because that’s where all the action is
Paul Cantrell
Make it so that a social network in the mid-2020s wondering whether to federate feels like CompuServe or MSN in the mid-1990 wondering whether to provide access to the open webs: screwed either way
Paul Cantrell
Look around here. Is it like that? Is all of the above true?
If not, why not? Where’s the friction? For whom is it not accessible? Who feels unwelcome? Who isn’t safe here?
Ask that. Because if I know one thing about user-centered design, it’s that it starts with •actually listening to people•.
Paul Cantrell
And my dude, if you are one of the “Well it works for me, I like it just fine here” armada, congratulations! I’m happy for you!
And guess what? That means you are not one of the aforementioned people, and you can thus save yourself the trouble of replying because •you have no relevant information to share•.
JackBosma
@inthehands Podcaster?
Paul Cantrell
@jackbosma huh?
JackBosma
@inthehands Do you podcast?
Paul Cantrell
@conniptions
Yes, what I’ve heard form Black folks is front and center in my thinking, and the reason I wrote that thread.
However, I don’t think we have to say “only way to fix it is to fix society,” which is basically another way of throwing up our hands. We can actively change culture here — and smart folks are working on improving moderation processes here, which involves both tech and human strategy improvements.
Wayne Myers
@inthehands Agreed agreed, all the yes, but from what I've been hearing, one of the worst issues on this score is that black folk in general are feeling neither welcome nor safe here, hence either not coming or tending not to stay if they do. Unfortunately I don't think we can tech or UI our way out of that one. It's the White Folk Stop Being Racist / Allowing Racism Even If You Think You Aren't Challenge, and we're basically failing it en masse, demonstrably.
JackBosma
@inthehands Texterviewer?
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