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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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. ‌

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[-] MHLoppy@fedia.io 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Which is exactly how the real world works. Harm has to be identified to suggest solutions.

According to the submission, some harms have been identified, and some solutions have been suggested [that could reduce the same and similar harms from occurring to new and existing users] (but mostly it sounds like a "more work needs to be done" thing).

I imagine your perspective on the issues being discussed are different from those of the author. The helicopter parent analogy makes sense in a low-danger environment; I think what the author has suggested is that some people don't feel like it's a low-danger environment for them to be in (though I of course -- not being the author or one such person -- may be mistaken).

Edit: [clarified] because I realised it might seem contradictory if read literally.

[-] TheBeege@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

This makes sense, especially considering the features the author cited. The by design parts may just be for clickbait purposes

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