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mekka okereke :verified: | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Lots of conversation and swirl over the past few days. Here's what hasn't changed, and isn't going to change:

* A space that is safe for white queer people, and not safe for Black queer people, is not a "safe space for queer people."
* We will make the Fediverse safe for people of all backgrounds 
* We will make it safer, easier, and cheaper, for admins to keep the most toxic abuse away from their users
* We will take our time designing blocklists and composable moderation.
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mekka okereke :verified: | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don't care if everyone likes me. I care if I'm effective. To make progress on civil rights, you have to choose. I choose effective.

You will know that we were effective, when ~20% of the trans folk on Mastodon are Black. Today we're very far away from that number. Because Mastodon is not always safe for cis Black men, let alone Black trans women. But we're fixing that.

You might not be able to see "the people that are missing," but I can. I see who's not here. And I know why they're not here