bailey//rockruff⚪
i keep seeing people who are totally fine with the way mastodon is being run...talking about how mastodon being run the way it is, is okay.
it kinda mirrors society with the people who are upheld by society always praising it, and those who are left out/hurt by it, being the ones that actually take notice of the problems
am i to believe that the people that run any country on this planet have a right to decide what they specifically want for that country?
bailey//rockruff⚪
you gotta realise that spaces on the internet are necessary for everyone to communicate and enjoy the internet to its fullest.
people may be able to choose where they spend time on the internet, but realistically, there are very few spaces on the internet for marginalised folk. everything is either run by white men who own companies, or white men working on free software.
this all plays into software (and tech overall) catering only to white dudes
bailey//rockruff⚪
but these are communities that people have joined, livened up simply by existing and conversing here, have added a part of themselves to.
communties may be started by one person but they are to be run collectively by everyone involved or we are inevitably going to let people fall through those cracks. and those cracks will become fissures. and eventually someone who has amassed power over the social experiences of thousands of people, is upholding the status quo again.
bailey//rockruff⚪
music and writing and movies and all other media may be enjoyed and consumed by audiences, but social media differs in that it's a social environment where everyone is contributing their own words and content.
this kind of space is for a community to gather and work together and make sure everyone is able to fully and comfortably participate to the best of the abilities of everyone involved
it's a space made from collaboration, not independence and selfishness.
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