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Well, they exist. Probably because a lot of the harrasment goes on in DMs or in followers only posts (or instances block them or they do dogwhistles etc).
Yes, but people are, regardless, still awful and so it's not a place me or many others would recommend precisely because not many care enough to do anything about it. Which is exactly why I try to.
Yeah. It's pretty telling that my entire time on Mastodon has been punctuated by black users complaining about how much racism they're exposed to on the network, and everyone else going "I don't see any racism!"
Like, ok, maybe you don't. I don't. I'm as white as snow, and don't post about my experiences as a racialized person (not being one, and all). But it's pretty clear, just from seeing the same exchange over and over again, that racialized people are experiencing something I'm not, and them expressing as much has Defenders of the Faith circling wagons every time it comes up.
Mastodon being a little more complicated than Twitter wouldn't have been a major blocker to communities coming over. "Hey, join this site", rather than "join Mastodon!" is all you need. But no one's going to be telling black folks, or any other community, to come on over if the social atmosphere is at least as toxic as where they're coming from.
Now with another alternative, Mastodon also needs to be better than "not being Twitter". And the people who are there already seem to have zero interest in doing that.
Like you I'm confused at the continual cries of racism on Mastadon. I've been on there for months and never seen it. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist but I'm confused as to how it is "full of racists/white supremacists" but I never bump into them or see it.
I don't want to doubt anyone's experience but I'm at a loss to explain why my feed is so different from other peoples.
I, uh, said I'm not confused by the cries of racism. I'm confused by the constant claims of "I don't see any, therefore it must not exist".
It's like no one gives a shit, because it doesn't affect them personally. Which, you know, makes everyone the kind of people that those experiencing harassment don't want to be around anyway.
I apologize for misreading your post.