The open-source social network gained millions of new users following Twitter’s takeover. While some of its features could improve the quality of public discourse, disadvantaged communities might be excluded.
Yes, but improve how? The interview tells us more about where the interviewee is on the spectrum of the 7 stages of grief in regards to Twitter than it does about possible ways to make the Fediverse more welcoming for BIPOCs. That it is too “white” can only be fixed by more BIPOCs joining, so that circular logic brings us nowhere.
3•1 year ago
@poVoq@rysiek following the drama - it was the combination of newcomers to federation not understanding “make your own server with moderation that suits your community” as anything but “we can’t deal with this, go away and stop bothering us” and probably a huge sense of alienation - the blacktwitter memes, concerns, trending topics that make a community aren’t on “here”, and most individuals aren’t able to bring an entire social graph onto a new place.
That, to me, is the crux of it, so I will trust the BIPOC folk when they tell me we need to improve.
Yes, but improve how? The interview tells us more about where the interviewee is on the spectrum of the 7 stages of grief in regards to Twitter than it does about possible ways to make the Fediverse more welcoming for BIPOCs. That it is too “white” can only be fixed by more BIPOCs joining, so that circular logic brings us nowhere.
@poVoq @rysiek following the drama - it was the combination of newcomers to federation not understanding “make your own server with moderation that suits your community” as anything but “we can’t deal with this, go away and stop bothering us” and probably a huge sense of alienation - the blacktwitter memes, concerns, trending topics that make a community aren’t on “here”, and most individuals aren’t able to bring an entire social graph onto a new place.
I don’t know. But I’ll try to listen to BIPOC folk when they talk about it.