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As for what would help the fediverse serve more people ... the cultural issues are a really big barrier. White people with influence need to put a lot more time and energy into dealing with the endemic racism here. Guys need to put a lot more time and energy into dealing with the sexism, misogyny, and reply-guy-ism. People from the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe need to put more energy into grappling with their colonialist attitudes and assumptions. Non-Jews need to put more effort into dealing with antisemitism, non-Muslims need to put more effort into dealing with Islamaphobia. etc etc etc This has technical implications as well Erin Kissane's What people in the global majority need from networks -- a summary of the excellent Engine Room report Exploring a transition to alternative social media platforms for social justice organizations in the Majority World -- has some great perspectives here. On the cultural side, @julian ran a very good session at FediForum last year on How Can We Make the Fediverse a Safe Space for BIPOC… Again?, not sure whether there's been follow up on that. 5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people focuses on anti-Blackness but the ideas there can be adapted to other dimensions as well. @benpate@mastodon.social @laurenshof@indieweb.social @DePemig@social.coop