What resources, suggestions, and support can those of us who are already here provide to potential newcomers? And what can we do to prepare for – and encourage – a potential influx?

  • Of the Air (cele/celes)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    “What advice would you give somebody coming from Facebook, Instagram, Xitter, Reddit, and/or TikTok who’s starting to check out fedi?”

    Racism, ableism, ageism, queer and trans phobia, misogyny and other such bigotries you hold will be challenged, unlike commercial social media which lives on these bigotries.

    Try to challenge yourself before joining, or learn how to take such things with grace and acceptance, otherwise you’ll find yourself blocked, or with the fascists or other bad folks pretty quickly.

    You’re joining a community, which one you stay with is up to you.

    • The Nexus of Privacy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Great points, thanks much! I really like the way you phrase challenging the bigotries. Is it okay if I quote you in a followup article?

      I was just talking about this general dynamic in a discussion about tone policing on fedi … on the one hand yes, there is a history of annoying tone policying (often with racialized overtones) here but on the other hand some of what gets described as tone policiing is actually very justified call-ins and call-outs of bigoted statements.