Post #2358058

2022-11-23 04:11 UTC

@Tinu@mastodon.social @haven4books@disabled.social The best analogy I’ve seen from someone who’s been using Mastodon for a while was “imagine you’re lying in a field with a few friends & just chatting to each other, and then a music festival suddenly turns up” - not meant in a bad way, just to acknowledge the adjustment period hehe.

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@jcc@mastodonapp.uk 2022-11-23 04:11

@Tinu@mastodon.social @haven4books@disabled.social Concerns and suspicions are totally justifiable when entering a new environment, and the fact that this looks & feels very much like Twitter (despite significant differences under the hood) makes it easy to jump to conclusions, particularly with the current vibe at the last place, but *for the time being* I’m giving them the benefit of doubt & not assuming malicious intent just yet.

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@Tinu@mastodon.social 2022-11-23 16:35

@jcc@mastodonapp.uk @haven4books@disabled.social Yeah I’ve not only been around since before social started, I’ve started and run communities. There’s adjustment periods. And then there’s ways communities tell marginalized people not to bother getting comfortable. The only expectation I had of Mastodon was not to be treated differently from white people in a way that involved me doing extra labor my white friends dont, specifically due to race.

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