Well, knowing a person's prefernces is a little complex in #fediverse, as people can pretty much 'craft' their own timeline, so you can follow whom you want to follow and unless people identify themselves as #Bipoc, or #poc ,
I am curious to know how might you come to the figure of 99.99%? I'd like to use your method to estimate the percentage of various ethnicities in my timeline.
I see what you mean. :-), yup.
Several years ago, around 2017-ish, you may recall, there was a massive influx of Japanese language posts across several #mastodon servers, and it was quite interesting to read the posts from, ahem ..., 99% ers.
So good point there!
@arinbasu @creatrixtiara I find that you also get a sense of proportions when doing the work, or just being a #BIPoC in the world. Like I don't have a scientific study to back it up, but my experience-honed sense of things is that about 95% to 99% of discussions about white fragility end in a white fragility episode, sort of like Feminism's Helen Lewis' Law. And the ones that don't? I hang onto those white people.
@creatrixtiara @arinbasu I'm Very White, and in the last couple of years on Masto, I don't think I followed anyone I *knew* was a person of *any* color.
I followed a lot of LGBTQ+, but... yeah, 99% checks out.
On Twitter I found plenty of PoC to follow because the algo. Here I didn't even think to specifically search for PoC, which is uh, a learning in public moment for me 😬
Anyway, thank you very much for the above discussion, it's helped me think!
@arinbasu it's not an exact measure backed by science or anything, more hyperbole. But I have been on here on and off for years, so my observation isn't that off base.