Genuinely trying to find more Black people up here.

[kboyd@phpc.social]

@CathyBikesBook Thanks for joining mastodon - and for posting this. I found a couple of great folks to follow in the replies that I am now kicking myself for not having followed already (they get boosted into my timeline quite frequently!)

[eliot_l@social.coop]

@CathyBikesBook
https://blacktwitter.io/about is an instance that is what it says.

blackqueer.life is as well, it uses allowlist-only federation to make a safer space for members. I'd guess they don't federate with mastodon.social due to poor moderation. https://blackqueer.life/@tillshadeisgone/113312617711895513

Depending on your interests you could apply for accounts there, I'm sure the local timelines are great places for discovery. The local timeline of blacktwitter.io is also public so you could look there for accounts to follow.

[cathybikesbook@mastodon.social]

@Eliot_L thanks for the links.

[5cifigirl@starbase80.wtf]

@grb090423 @ApostateEnglishman @CathyBikesBook

I do wonder what happened to Jaden, I looked at a backup of my follows and found his address, I think: @Jaden3@mastodon.social . But his account seems to have disappeared!

I hope he turns up again, he added a really valuable perspective and kindness whenever he posted!

[grb090423@mastodon.social]

@5ciFiGirl @ApostateEnglishman @CathyBikesBook

That's very true

[oliviavespera@spacey.space]

@CathyBikesBook @erichatfield
https://blacksky.community/
I want the fediverse to be better for black people and other folks of colour, but i recognise the work blacksky has done even though i worry what will happen on bluesky.

[tsyum@thepit.social]

Thanks sharing! For some reason alesha_peterson goes to an external website. Unusual server?

[macacator@mastodon.social]

@CathyBikesBook yes, I am a negro, and not the White-adjacent variety either.

[cbleslie@hachyderm.io]

@imp3tuz @CathyBikesBook

.. Sorry. I hope more people of color have opportunities to join.

[grb090423@mastodon.social]

@apriloq @ApostateEnglishman @CathyBikesBook @mekkaokereke @carnage4life @AngryBlackLady @ErickaSimone @Deglassco @futurebird @qaris @potterybyosa

I just hope he's ok and left of his own accord.

[jztusk@mastodon.social]

@imp3tuz @CathyBikesBook

Great read, thanks for posting it

[oliviavespera@spacey.space]

@CathyBikesBook @imp3tuz @bottled_o_taki

There was a guide I can't find about being black on the fediverse. I'm trying to find it. In lieu of that there's this. https://logicmag.io/policy/blackness-in-the-fediverse-a-conversation-with-marcia-x/

[cdn@mastodon.uno]

@CathyBikesBook @CathyBikesBook not black but welcome up here, man! Go Knicks!

[rakoo@blah.rako.space]

@CathyBikesBook

I'm black but not american and not in the us

[cathybikesbook@mastodon.social]

@rakoo hi

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

thank you. we’re in good company

@FediTips @CathyBikesBook @brothersoul @DivineEllison @dilmandila @cubicgarden @potterybyosa @ErickaSimone @StillIRise1963 @timnitGebru @mekkaokereke @drcaberry @alesha_peterson @futurebird @majorlinux @ZekuZelalem

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@CathyBikesBook @FediTips welcome to the fediverse. make yourself comfortable perusing the hashtah stream. check my bio for some of the dozens am subscribed to ―but you always have to check the cats & dogs. that’s what the internet is made of

[cathybikesbook@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva I love boosting people's pictures of their cute cats and dogs. Makes the timeline brighten.

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@CathyBikesBook keeps my sanity in check. people have parasocial relationships with other people. i have them with other people's pets

[cathybikesbook@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva lol. We all need some source of joy in our lives. Can't be doom and gloom all up and down the timeline.