The pro of all of these new instances popping up is that you can build your own communities where you feel safe with people you trust.

The con is that there is less quality control. People of color, women, trans folks, and folks with disabilities and illnesses are constantly harassed when we post on public, a lot of (newer) instances don't have codes of conducts, and we don't have all damn day to keep blocking instances (bc there are so many).

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@guerrillarain I think there should be more instances like awoo.space, that operate on an allow-list rather than a block-list.

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