Mastodon Migration
@dave @ErickaSimone @ryanrandall
This does seem to be the crux of the problem. It comes up all the time. Mastodon has a reputation for being hostile to black people, and this is something that is very hard to reverse. Of course, it will be impossible to reverse if we don't try.
Ryan Randall
@GuyDudeman (Taking other people off the list so their mentions don't get flooded.)
When I say "hostile", I mean all of the above! Mastodon's decentralization has counter-intuitive effects, after one is used to what happens on more centralized platforms.
For instance, there are a bunch of small, overtly racist / misogynist / etc instances that have amplified harassment campaigns against prominent Black people on here. If you're on a server with more proactive blocking, you'll never know about it, even though the targets certainly will if they're on a less actively-moderated instance.
For a lot more history, you might start by reading about Dr. Flowers' experience, one of many stories linked in https://privacy.thenexus.today/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/ by @thenexusofprivacy
G.I. Robot :bc:
@mastodonmigration @dave @ErickaSimone @ryanrandall
Can we define what we mean by "hostile to black people"?
Are we talking about micro-aggressions, or are we talking about outright exclusion/racism?
*edit: For an example of toxic discourse, I encourage you to read the rest of these threads below and my interaction with others here.
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