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   Jürgen Hubert (juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 07:17:03 JST Jürgen Hubert

   • mekka okereke :verified:
   • Lars Ivar

   @larsivi @mekkaokereke Those were the days!

   And back in 2013 I made a friend there - a black woman from South Africa who emigrated to Germany - who is still one of my best friends today.

   Google+ was far more international than Mastodon is.

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     your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 07:16:56 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     • mekka okereke :verified:
     • Lars Ivar
     • Christian Kent

     "Mastodon in it's entirety"

     conflating Mastodon.social with Mastodon *IS* the problem. seeing a litany of sites co-branded sites as mastodon is confusing.

     what's worse: for an instance like Black Mastodon, you have to apply and wait for an answer. to this day i never received a yes or no. if you notice, AM BLACK.

     came to .social because after literally YEARS , found people i know here.

     so, no.

     there is no ease of joining.

     at all.

     @juergen_hubert @ckent @larsivi @mekkaokereke

     mekka okereke :verified: repeated this.
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     Jürgen Hubert (juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 07:16:58 JST Jürgen Hubert

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     • mekka okereke :verified:
     • Lars Ivar
     • Christian Kent

     @ckent @larsivi @mekkaokereke Mastodon in its entirety.

     It's heavily populated by Europeans and North Americans, and _white_ Europeans and North Americans at that. It's hard to find a lot of people outside of that bubble.

     mekka okereke :verified: repeated this.
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     Christian Kent (ckent@urbanists.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 07:17:00 JST Christian Kent

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     • mekka okereke :verified:
     • Lars Ivar

     @juergen_hubert @larsivi @mekkaokereke Than *which* Mastodon? Some of the servers? The entire federation? I don’t really understand the point you’re making — and without clarification it might imply something else.

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     Jürgen Hubert (juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 16:09:10 JST Jürgen Hubert

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     • mekka okereke :verified:
     • Lars Ivar
     • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
     • Christian Kent

     @blogdiva @ckent @larsivi @mekkaokereke The vast majority of Mastodon instances are run my amateur enthusiasts.

     Nothing against amateur enthusiasts - I count myself among them (albeit in a different field) - but ultimately the backbone of any system are the people who display a certain level of professionalism. And with amateur enthusiasts you never know what you are dealing with unless you observe them for some time.

     A further problem is that how much time and effort you can commit to such hobby projects is highly dependent on your life circumstances. People in developed countries with stable sources of income - which statistically speaking is likely to mean "white people" - have it easier to to find the time for projects like running a Mastodon instance than people in less stable circumstances, even though the benefits for an independent social media system would be even greater for them (as the owners of commercial social media definitely don't have their best interest in mind).