The Whiteness of Mastodon (worth the read)
This is a fascinating read…and worth the time to explore. It covers a lot I had not considered or even knew being a latecomer. #TwitterMigration #Mastodon #Whiteness #BlackTwitter #harassment
The Whiteness of Mastodon https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon/
“Being queer does not insulate one cell from the inheritance of whiteness, although one can use one’s queerness as a shield from critique, as many Mastodonians have used by presenting the history of Mastodon as grounded in queer folks attempts to avoid the harassment on Twitter….
…Mastodon..will never be able to support a robust community of color like Black Twitter.
It might do so by virtue of creating, say, a Black instance. But that …risks ghettoizing the Black community in a federated space. All of the Black people go here and instances have the option of engaging with them or deeding from them…
You need to think about the very real dangers of a federated structure in a society organized around white supremacy. You could easily have an entire instance of right-wing white supremacists pop up that would engage in targeted harassment of users of color.”
The Whiteness of Mastodon (worth the read)
The Whiteness of Mastodon (worth the read)
@mguhlin
I had a response to the article provided. But over time it made me more exhausted to constantly correct/explain everything.
I’ll just add this unless you have something specific you’d like to ask:::
“So the first thing that I want to make clear is that Mastodon has a history of being inhospitable to marginalized users. This history is born out, as I’ve learned, through the marginalization and eventual shuttering of instances of color, of instances that were dedicated to hosting and supporting sex workers, of harassment of disabled users and so on. “
« Switter had nothing to do with other admins or any kind of fediverse harassment; it had to do with local legislation. More details here::
https://switter.at/about