The way I'm starting to see it is we can either keep talking about how and why #mastodon is not attractive to Black people or we can just start shifting the environment by being unapologetically ourselves. I do believe people will gravitate here if they see it's fun to do so and that they can have a place here.
I'm not proclaiming to have all the answers+solutions, but I know we ain't never been wanted anywhere and we have found ways to make do and do us period. #BlackMastodon#blackfedi
"or we can just start shifting the environment by being unapologetically ourselves."
Agree. So much of this.
I know nothing about moss, tech, code, software blah blah, NASA, big trees.
But I've been here talking my thing and being me. Making up hashtags; oversharing; boosting what I like; doing my own version of sub-tooting; being opinionated; showing up.
*Tooting about my new dog, Benson, and making up a random hashtag for him.
As it has been pointed out numerous times on here, Mastodon is just part of the wider fediverse. I can join mastodon, join misskey or any or multiple of a number of services, I am still on the Fediverse and can still interact with people here on Mastodon.
"I do believe people will gravitate here if they see it's fun to do so and that they can have a place here. "
I agree with you here, lets give it time, fediverse and mastodon have been around for years, but started to gain traction only a few months ago. Lets work to make the whole fediverse more attractive. Perhaps other services will pick up different groups of users, it does not really matter.
I like the fact then when I join a fediverse service, I am not subjected to an inquition on age, location, marital status, gender, racial backgroud. I like the interaction with people based on topic, interest to subject area. I find this is our strength.
Are there accurate stats on the racial background of users, if we are not asked for that info, and there is no AI to profile users, then we can co-exist as users.
Perhaps Chris T @atomicpoet can comment further on this.
@Thapsyrensays Everything you say is true but I am TELLING YOU #BlueSky is being INTENTIONAL about inviting Black people to the space to help form its culture. I am still posting here on Mastodon but I an having a good time on BlueSky.
@AdreanaInLB I mean I feel that 100% and I'm not one of those folks to be like YOU GOTTA CHOOSE. Shit, be on All these apps if that's what you wanna do fr lol but I would like this to be a viable option for us. Cuz there are some who may not wanna switch over to Bluesky. Cuz one thing I do know, is a platform be quick to get all our content and work to build they shit then start acting funny and turning a blind eye to things when an actual issue comes up.
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