🧵 on how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the #GlobalSouth.
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🧵 on how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the #GlobalSouth.
I have argued a few times that for all practical purposes, the global south does not exist for Mastodon, and for the rest of the Fediverse. But many people I interact with do not quite understand how this works in practice.
This series of posts is an effort to illustrate that mechanism.
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🧵 on how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the #GlobalSouth.
I have argued a few times that for all practical purposes, the global south does not exist for Mastodon, and for the rest of the Fediverse. But many people I interact with do not quite understand how this works in practice.
This series of posts is an effort to illustrate that mechanism.
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Say there is a user X on random server Y. Assume that no user on mastodon.social (for example) follows user X. Assume that users on mastodon.social follow other users on server Y. Assume further that neither server has blocked the other.
User X writes a post containing the term, say, #Namibia. The post receives no reply, no boost, no like.
Later, someone searches for #Namibia on mastodon.social. The search results will NOT include user X’s post containing the term #Namibia.
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Say there is a user X on random server Y. Assume that no user on mastodon.social (for example) follows user X. Assume that users on mastodon.social follow other users on server Y. Assume further that neither server has blocked the other.
User X writes a post containing the term, say, #Namibia. The post receives no reply, no boost, no like.
Later, someone searches for #Namibia on mastodon.social. The search results will NOT include user X’s post containing the term #Namibia.
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@feralthoughts @EdwinG been trying to follow more accounts from the #Philippines, and it’s definitely been a challenge. I’m never so sure if there are indeed very few users or it’s just that my server is mostly federating with North American and France servers.
I experience the same thing on a totally different topic. Formula 1. It’s a very European sport and I barely see any content because my French Canadian server isn’t connected to lots of UK or other Europeans servers (beside France)
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@feralthoughts @EdwinG been trying to follow more accounts from the #Philippines, and it’s definitely been a challenge. I’m never so sure if there are indeed very few users or it’s just that my server is mostly federating with North American and France servers.
I experience the same thing on a totally different topic. Formula 1. It’s a very European sport and I barely see any content because my French Canadian server isn’t connected to lots of UK or other Europeans servers (beside France)
That's precisely the point---on the Fediverse, it's impossible to know if you are not finding relevent global south (or other low visibility) users/posts, or if they simply do not exist.
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