The Whiteness of Mastodon
The Tech Policy Press Podcast
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The History of Black Twitter
The history of black Twitter teaches us that black users when they encounter a new platform play with the affordances. They use them creatively to create community and engage in unique digital practices. But mastodon has entrenched norms that as I have said inherit whiteness which inhibit the ability for users of color to play with and experiment with the affordance such that their unique qualities can be made present. So it sounds like on some level, you're kind of trying to balance in your mind right now, of course the challenge that Elon Musk's change in culture and potentially change to platform and affordances represents on Twitter.
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