Mastodon and today's fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default – and instance blocking is a blunt but powerful safety tool
privacy.thenexus.today
Part 1 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

Even though millions of people left Twitter in 2023 – and millions more are ready to move as soon as there’s a viable alternative – the fediverse isn’t growing.1 One reason why: today’s fediverse is unsafe by design and unsafe by default – especially for Black and Indigenous people, women of color, LGBTAIQ2S+ people2, Muslims, disabled people and other marginalized communities. ‌

  • cerevant@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Say you don’t understand the fediverse without saying you don’t understand the fediverse.

    By these standards:

    • The web is unsafe by default
    • Email is unsafe by default

    In all three cases, your safety is determined by the home you choose, and who/what you choose to interact with.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I really don’t know where this notion of the Internet is safe and you get privacy came from. I was taught 25 years ago that neither of those were true.