Mastodon and today's fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default
Mastodon and today's fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default
Even though millions of people left Twitter in 2023 – and millions more are ready to move as soon as there's a viable alternative – the fediverse isn't growing.1 One reason why: today's fediverse is unsafe by design and unsafe by default – especially for Black and Indigenous people, women of color, LGBTAIQ2S+ people2, Muslims, disabled people and other marginalized communities.
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As a trans person, I feel far safer on Lemmy and mastodon than I ever did on any other social media.
That's great! And a lot of trans people I've talked with on Mastodon say similar things, which is also great. But a lot don't. It depends a lot on the instance you wind up choosing. So the people who stay wind up as a self-selecting sample.