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   Timnit Gebru (she/her). (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 17:53:26 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her).

   @dave yes and no quote tweets means they’re more comfortable.

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     your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jul-2024 17:53:25 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     @timnitGebru @dave the fact they have deliberately left chunks of UI/UX out that were first generated because of Black folks and are now part of social media vernacular ON PURPOSE, tells me everything i need to know. my health has postponed me moving out of this instance but it's on my todo list. it's unconscionable that they've decided to use the code base as a defacto enforcer of segregation.

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     inquiline (inquiline@union.place)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 05:12:46 JST inquiline

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     • PeachMcD

     @PeachMcD @sysop408 You’re welcome! If you’re interested, this post surveys research and argues that Mastodon’s fears about having quite-boosting here—many of which were sincere, I believe— are largely unfounded https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/01/12/quote-tweeting-over-30-studies-dispel-some-myths/

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     PeachMcD (peachmcd@union.place)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 05:12:47 JST PeachMcD

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     • Sheldon

     @inquiline @sysop408

     Really appreciate the question & the answer bc I was cluelessly #Mayonnaisian, just watching the conversation and trying to stay in my lane & learn something

     And I did!
     Note to my yt self: shutting up & listening WORKS

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     inquiline (inquiline@union.place)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 05:12:48 JST inquiline

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     • Sheldon

     @sysop408 Short answer: Quote-tweets got turned into a safety feature on Twitter by Black users. If someone was being shitty; a user could quote-boost & get other users to defend them/clap back

     Some ppl here have resisted quote-boost because they thought it encouraged piling on--but per above piling on was essentially deserved, brought upon someone by racist behavior

     When people flooded here in 2022 & asked abt QBs, they were told to shut up, which adds to perception that Mdon is racist

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     Sheldon (sysop408@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 05:12:49 JST Sheldon

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     @timnitGebru I've only recently heard that not having quote posts is unfriendly to Black people. Why is that?

     For the record, I'm 100% for having quote posts, but never saw it as a cultural thing or a feature that people saw as being positive for safety.

     @dave