cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15011909

Feedback welcome! Here’s the TL;DR list

  1. Listen more to more Black people
  2. Post less – and think before you post
  3. Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
  4. Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects

Other suggestions?

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.org
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    3 months ago

    I honestly don’t get it, to me I just see user IDs I haven’t the slightest clue what race someone is or isn’t on here. I vote solely based on whether they make a good point or a bad point.

    • smallpatatas@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      This may be true of your own experience on Lemmy, but on microblogging software such as Mastodon it is most definitely not the case.

      • Teknikal@eviltoast.org
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        3 months ago

        Fair point I forgot Mastodon even existed honestly, I did try it early on but it’s not for me.

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          3 months ago

          Is there a reason you seem to be upset by this piece? This is a forum for discussion about the Fediverse. Seems entirely appropriate to me.

          • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            3 months ago

            Not upset, just thought it needed to be said.

            It seems odd to expect people to realize this is largely addressing issues in mastodon when it is posted to Lemmy and the summary uses terms that are interchangable. Most people are not going to take the time to follow the link if they have a negative reaction to the summary.

            In short, the summary is very easy for people to take as some sort of attack on the places they personally spend time in on the fediverse as lacking. I don’t think most people look around on Lemmy and see evidence of what is being addressed as though it is an all encompassing problem, and so you get knee-jerk downvotes and that’s the extent of the engagement.