@noelle they have a cold?
LB: Listen to Marcia. They know what they're talking about and they've seen SOME SHIT when it comes to how fedi has treated BIPoC. It's not all rainbow farts over here, and there's still plenty of ongoing work we need to be doing to make this space a good one for *everyone* (except the nazis, the nazis can choke)
for the #blacktwitter folks on here, there's a few of us og's that have a good knowledge of the history of this place (i have been here since 2017 and moderated the first black instance), let us know if you have questions
@monorail gesundheit
@noracodes you would be so good at that
@noelle it's thursday, right?
@maloki i suspect there will be some rebound after the spike. onboarding for marginalized people is still kinda messed up.
it's so easy to be a new, inexperienced user and get hit with the worst harassment you ever experienced right out of the gate.
The Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon has been updated:
Plus additional quality-of-life changes.
@typeswitch the whatever op
@LilyVers@queer.party my experience isn't as uniformly positive, maybe? i also empathize with people who find navigating this environment challenging.
i can see some, especially older people trying to find a way out of twitter, who may get left behind because the the impedance mismatch too much.
i wonder when that will be me.
Transitioning in mid-life
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