🪨 (@Varpie)

@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io

1y

Something about starter packs that I think gets lost when they're discussed on Mastodon:

The power of starter packs is not in some centralised mega list of say "Black people in tech," curated by some central authority. The power is in a million tiny "Black techies I follow" lists curated by everyday users.

Check it out. I'm on some lists.
clearsky.app/mekka.mekka-tech.com/lists

And yes, I'm on some lists I don't want to be on, that people use to block. And I mostly don't care. 🤷🏿‍♂️

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mekka okereke

@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io

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The losers that think being trans means being white and trans, hopped over from Mastodon to BlueSky, and put me on their "transmisogyny list."🤷🏿‍♂️

But Black trans people, and white trans people that aren't racist and can see Black people, put me in their starter packs.♥️

I don't want to be in community with the fashy white trans people that don't like Black trans people. I prefer the white trans people that like the Black and brown trans people.

I don't like everybody. It's OK if they block me.

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mekka okereke

@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io

1y

Something else interesting:

ClearSky, the tool for inspecting blocks, list membership, etc, is built by a Black developer. 👍🏿

BlackSky, the tool and moderation community for Black ATProto users and apps, is built by a Black developer. 👍🏿

Black developers are building on Blue Sky.

Shout out to everyone who will read this, and instead of saying "How do we get them to build for Mastodon/Activity Pub?" Will froth at the mouth about fake federation and the inevitable corpo takeover.🤡

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Kim Scheinberg @kims@mas.to

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@mekkaokereke
"Shout out to everyone who will read this, and instead of saying "How do we get them to build for Mastodon/Activity Pub?" Will froth at the mouth about fake federation..."

Forgive me but, wouldn't anyone aware of the history be entitled AF if they asked, "Hey, I wonder if we can get them to build these tools for us?"

I don't feel entitled to ask anything of people who walked out of my life when I chased them away. I own my mistake and live with the consequences. It sucks, but...

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🪨 @Varpie@peculiar.florist

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@kims @mekkaokereke That's grim. I read it as "What do we do for them to feel welcome here and join this community of passionate people who want to build a better Fediverse?".

It's not about asking them to do something, it's about wanting them to feel like they belong. People who love developing won't feel welcome if they can't build something, so we need them to be comfortable doing so, hence "how do we get them to build for Mastodon/ActivityPub?"

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