Gregory's Server@cwebber
It was a hell of a lot of fun getting here too :) The people I got to meet in the early fediverse are still some of the most interesting and kind people I have had the pleasure of interacting with.
Thank you so much for this post. I love the journey that this amazing network has taken. It's gone through it's share of uh.. pretty heated disagreements *grin* but like, wow. We helped make something that is actually providing a real and community driven alternative to one of the largest empires that information capitalism ever spawned.
I love the fact it is so blatantly queer. I feel like it always had to be, tbh. We still have our fair share of problems to address, especially as it relates to PoC inclusion, but look at this blessed mess! Look at this shared history of persons. Of the result of hundreds of deeply personal arguments, empassioned speeches in the public forum and hundreds of thousands of individual efforts to build better and better online communities for our own sake and for the sake of others.
And it hasn't ever stopped :) May the meta never die :3
@Irick There have been a few small times some people have tried to rally some communities that are more PoC focused on the fediverse. I think the fediverse, collectively, was not as welcoming for that as it should have been. But that doesn't mean it can't be. A decade ago, the fediverse *did* exist, but it definitely wasn't this queer. It took a real critical mass for it to happen.
I'm not in a position where I can make that happen, but I hope it happens. I hope that the fediverse can support BIPoC communities the way it's served queer communities.
@Irick There have been a few small times some people have tried to rally some communities that are more PoC focused on the fediverse. I think the fediverse, collectively, was not as welcoming for that as it should have been. But that doesn't mean it can't be. A decade ago, the fediverse *did* exist, but it definitely wasn't this queer. It took a real critical mass for it to happen.