@dexiheart he genuinely seems like he's actually a somewhat good person IRL but.....that face man
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
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Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass.
Education and mental health M.A.
Solidarity with all oppressed peoples.
Admin of blackqueer.life
I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education.
I block vote shamers.
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the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
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@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
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Mar 28, 2026
RE: https://blackqueer.life/@tillshadeisgone/116305580973719232
No no wait I've got it. It's giving traveling violin salesman
No no wait I've got it. It's giving traveling violin salesman
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@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
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Mar 28, 2026
Never change, vampire diaries
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@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
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Mar 19, 2026
RE: https://blackqueer.life/@tillshadeisgone/116061499479764670
I am no longer Team Elena. Now I am #TeamCaroline
I am no longer Team Elena. Now I am #TeamCaroline
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@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
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Mar 12, 2026
https://blackqueer.life/@tillshadeisgone/116208721926438529
And on the one hand I get it, like yeah poverty IS a scam! But did you know all you need to get rid of it is one simple trick? Doctors HATE it!!
And on the one hand I get it, like yeah poverty IS a scam! But did you know all you need to get rid of it is one simple trick? Doctors HATE it!!
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@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
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Nov 05, 2025
@welshpixie thank you. I had to block that person because it's only so many times I'm going to repeat myself when it's clear the other person isn't listening to what I'm saying & would rather just further explain their POV.
Like I get it, I understand. I understood the whole time, YOU aren't understanding ME
Like I get it, I understand. I understood the whole time, YOU aren't understanding ME
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@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
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Nov 04, 2025
@shiri agreed that more tooling is needed.
But I will just repeat what I already said about safety vs. growth. Of course it's a tricky problem, community moderation is difficult. Signing up to run an instance means you're agreeing to take on difficult problems. So I don't have much sympathy in this context because white techies have been choosing growth and reach over safety from day 1. And the rest of us have been catching hell for it the whole time. One of the many reasons the fediverse is as white as it is
But I will just repeat what I already said about safety vs. growth. Of course it's a tricky problem, community moderation is difficult. Signing up to run an instance means you're agreeing to take on difficult problems. So I don't have much sympathy in this context because white techies have been choosing growth and reach over safety from day 1. And the rest of us have been catching hell for it the whole time. One of the many reasons the fediverse is as white as it is
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@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
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Nov 04, 2025
https://mas.to/@markwyner/115489852379410925
In this thread, this mod complains about users who are angry about a Nazi making an account, defends the mod team from criticism, and repeats that closed registration is not an option. At no point does the mod apologize or admit fault on behalf of the team.
Now obviously the instance policy is not the doing of that sole mod so no, he's not individually responsible for what happened. But the team is.
Open registration makes so much more work for the rest of us, putting the burden on the network of smaller instances to clean things up due to the few massive instances that, as @welshpixie pointed out, prioritize growth over safety in their choice to maintain open registration.
Several notorious serial harassers who show up in fediblock literally every week wouldn't be able to keep up their harassment without instances like mas.to, mastodon.social, mstdn.social, and others with open registration. That policy allows these stalkers to make hundreds (not an exaggeration) of alt accounts for free, quickly.
Their large size also punishes our users when we are forced to defed them to keep our users safe, cutting them off from many mutuals and also limiting the reach of their fundraising posts (which as I have previously stated are more prevalent on BQL due to the impact of employment discrimination, institutional racism, etc on all Black queers).
This is what it means to enable abuse. This is what complicity looks like. It brings me no joy to have to say this, but it's the truth.
#FediBlockMeta
In this thread, this mod complains about users who are angry about a Nazi making an account, defends the mod team from criticism, and repeats that closed registration is not an option. At no point does the mod apologize or admit fault on behalf of the team.
Now obviously the instance policy is not the doing of that sole mod so no, he's not individually responsible for what happened. But the team is.
Open registration makes so much more work for the rest of us, putting the burden on the network of smaller instances to clean things up due to the few massive instances that, as @welshpixie pointed out, prioritize growth over safety in their choice to maintain open registration.
Several notorious serial harassers who show up in fediblock literally every week wouldn't be able to keep up their harassment without instances like mas.to, mastodon.social, mstdn.social, and others with open registration. That policy allows these stalkers to make hundreds (not an exaggeration) of alt accounts for free, quickly.
Their large size also punishes our users when we are forced to defed them to keep our users safe, cutting them off from many mutuals and also limiting the reach of their fundraising posts (which as I have previously stated are more prevalent on BQL due to the impact of employment discrimination, institutional racism, etc on all Black queers).
This is what it means to enable abuse. This is what complicity looks like. It brings me no joy to have to say this, but it's the truth.
#FediBlockMeta
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@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
the people's eva
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
Hello! I'm eva. I'm Black, genderqueer, and some flavor of neurodivergent. Based in the imperial core AKA The United Shit of Ass. Education and mental health M.A. Solidarity with all oppressed peoples. Admin of blackqueer.life I know some folks have education trauma, so heads up I will CW all of my posts about education. I block vote shamers.
blackqueer.life
@tillshadeisgone@blackqueer.life
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Feb 21, 2025
Y'all, ableism is NOT a minor detail or fringe issue. How many times do we have to fucking go over this??
"Oh well you keep policing my language" it's just not that big of an ask. It's not that hard. If you've got to do a little learning and a little shifting of your perspective, why is that such an unthinkable option? Are you committed or are you not? Do you give a shit about the most marginalized or don't you?
If you're going to start whining about the SJWs bothering you every time someone asks you to reconsider your actions (AKA the bare minimum of solidarity) then you can get the fuck out, and I mean that shit. Get out.
"Oh well you keep policing my language" it's just not that big of an ask. It's not that hard. If you've got to do a little learning and a little shifting of your perspective, why is that such an unthinkable option? Are you committed or are you not? Do you give a shit about the most marginalized or don't you?
If you're going to start whining about the SJWs bothering you every time someone asks you to reconsider your actions (AKA the bare minimum of solidarity) then you can get the fuck out, and I mean that shit. Get out.
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