I’m on the verge of stepping away from Reddit (I might stick around to moderate some communities but won’t be actively engaging with the content). I’d like to bring over the things I enjoyed from Reddit, specifically some communities I liked. I’m curious about how well they would do here or on an instance like lemmy.world. Most of the communities I participated in on Reddit were black focused, which often brought in trolls or upset users. 💀
I’m not sure if diversity is Lemmy’s strong suit (yet - simply because being popular is not its strong suit), but acceptance/tolerance/being generally less shit than reddit definitely is. One main benefit of the fediverse is you can always block instances. So pick an instance you like that is welcoming, without trolls, and is defederated from instances you don’t want, then you’re good to go. Not that brigading/trolling can’t happen, but it’s harder to do.
This is well put. I think you’ll find people largely very welcoming but I think you’ll struggle to find an audience initially. That being said, I hope you try and I hope you’re successful!
not sure but I’d support the new poc communities and your efforts!✊
I’m in full support of this! Any BIPOC space is my jam, and there’s always room for spaces like this in my book.
Am white but I’ll definitely help promote it on mastodon (for black folks) if that is a thing you’d like.
There’s a Black Mastodon?!
I mean, there are some instances specifically set up for BIPOC/Black folks and there are a few who do a lot of work trying to keep Mastodon/fedi safe for BIPOC/black folks.
If you’d like to please feel free to DM me and I’ll happily explain more.
I will! Thanks!
I think this community fits the topic. Fracturing a community even further to make it more specific a niche, is not helpful.
I don’t really see it as such, so I’m just going to say agree to disagree.
That is a acceptable response, functional, respectful disagreement is good! Can you share more about why you think that though? What could this community do that a new one for the specificness of the one you want?
I’m not entirely sure how this will come across, but I believe it’s best for this group to remain as it is. I understand that some may disagree, but I’ve been feeling uncertain about the term ‘POC.’ Not every one of us will share the same experiences, and I think it’s perfectly acceptable for those of us who wish to create spaces that reflect our individual cultures. I believe we can coexist positively, as long as we maintain respect for one another.
