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Black twitter right now reminds me of just how deeply contingent black communities — digital and physical — are upon the whims of white people.

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Very good point. We would need a similar poll from an origin point with a conservative following as a contrasting example.

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IMO this is a bug, not a feature.

Yes, I know conservatives can struggle to be civil, so might be underrepresented, but this is a ridiculous situation for a supposedly functional social platform.

And I say this as a solid progressive.



Boosts would be nice.

quality twitter cross-post 

I really really wish Galeev would cross-post to Mastodon, but meanwhile I guess I'll have to do it for him.

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RT @kamilkazani
You are not wrong. European companies provided Russian military producers that manufacture everything you just described and more with:

- hardware
- software
- training

to do their job. Now Europe will be paying its price for arming a malevolent power next to their borders twitter.com/Soachkache/…
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So I accidentally landed on the perfect instance for me. Lots of features, STEM content, caring mods.

And, because nothing is ever allowed to be perfect, this instance is also heavily involved in a bizarre cross-instances conflict. I have valued people on both sides.

It is what it is. Just gonna have to persevere.

If I followed you back today can you just reply and boost this toot. I am trying to follow back as many people as I can before I get restricted.
I was accused of NEVER following back yesterday. 🖖🖖🖖🖖

@obi @trinsec @freemo I have talked to mods here and been told it is bcs those instances have blocked qoto. Hachyderm.io is supposed to be lifting the block. I am not going to poke the hornet's nest.

@obi @trinsec @freemo

r u following individual accts on those instances (especially blacktwitter.io)? If you are, double-check to see if you are still following.

@freemo @trinsec @obi

Maybe I misunderstand the term "block". I still see their content, just can't follow.

@trinsec @obi @freemo

I am unable to follow ANYONE from these instances:

beta.birdsite.live
blacktwitter.io
botsin.space
dair-community.social
hachyderm.io

(The Thunberg case seems to have been a one-off and unrelated.)

@trinsec @obi @freemo

Not locked accts. Besides, my alt on mas.to works fine. Have to feed Mom, be back with list w/in 1/2 hour.

@trinsec @obi @freemo

Okay, I deleted the original toot at the top of this thread because I thought I fixed it.

I WAS WRONG.

I only fixed it for thunberg, all the other accts went back to "Awaiting Approval" with the follow button changed to "Cancellfollow request" and timer icon shows up in the dialog.

The accts are all Black accts, some on big instances, plus the Tim Wise twitterbot acct.

I can still see content, not blocked. Not sure yet if subscibing works. I can follow all of them with my alt ub@mas.to

I’m a well-known white guy with a pretty deep technical background. If people are saying “shut up, newbie” when I comment on things I find confusing or difficult here, imagine what they’re saying to members of marginalized communities.

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Crimethinc has been suspended from Twitter 🫡

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