@b6hydra @ern @zleap I think we are 💪 If we block or silence an instance we announce this on the community plus it's all public data on mstdn.social/about/more#unavai

The reason we filter some is quite simple😄 mstdn.social should be acessible for everyone no matter where you are. So for example I want to be able to browse my timeline while at work, or show the network to my parents. But if it's full of unmarked NSFW, nazi stuff etc I pass on that..

The community costs me load of money each month and it's worth it but on my terms❤️ That's the beauty of the fedi, people can always move to a server without the blocks right :blobcatgiggle:

@b6hydra @stux @ern@mstdn.social

When people come here and see posts such as this

People are going to take serious issues with Mastodon in general, just everyone as racist.

Granted there are different spellings,. meanings and contexts and usage of that word, however that won't help us one bit.

This small post could be misconstrued as racist and misogyny

@zleap

Its a tricky word. Obviously when used with the intent to be insulting it is deplorable. But when the black community itself promoting and accepting the use of the word as a positive identifier used in a positive way in music and everyday conversation, then it simply isnt that straight forward. Ultimately for obvious reasons they, as a community, determine if we embrace or reject the word and what the correct context, if any may be. Generally most (thought not all) seem to find it a perfectly acceptable casual word to us when 1) ending in -a and 2) not used explicitly as a pejorative.

That said while I personally dont make use of the word, simply because I dont tend to adopt much slang in general, it is socially more or less acceptable given the context here.

@b6hydra @stux @ern@mstdn.social

@freemo @b6hydra @stux @ern@mstdn.social

Yeah, however not everyone is going to see it that way.

Also people will judge you if you even have that in your stream.

Japanese anime porn (referenced here) is also in abundance, and sexualising the female gender mostly I think too.

I appreciate this is a cultural thing but given what is going on with and attempts t(in the UK) o make women feel safer, combined with the worrying cases of spiking by injecting drugs in the UK (one case is too many) This sort of thing may shock new users and leave them with bitter taste.

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@b6hydra @freemo @stux @ern@mstdn.social

We just need to try and explain what people are letting them selves in for which is a completely different cultural set up on here.

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