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The Whiteness of Mastodon

Link: The Whiteness of Mastodon by Justin Hendrix and Dr. Johnathan Flowers. Published Wed 23 Nov 2022.

This is very good on how the community that created Mastodon and the platform’s “affordances” make Mastodon a “white” space (“white as rice” is the best way I’ve heard it described). It’s something white people should be aware of, even when their own experience of the fediverse seems “liberal” and “progressive”.