Hi, I'm new here.
Decided to delete tiktok where I've been sharing some of my sketches since 2025. I had a decent following there and felt part of an artistic community. It feels a bit strange to make this change but also right. For me it had to be done because of the political climate and unclear moderation practices, that were evolving there.
Hope to find a great community here as well. In time I'm sure we'll get there.
Glad to be here.
Mai
🖤💫
#sketches #art #community #charcoal

Hi, I'm new here.
Decided to delete tiktok where I've been sharing some of my sketches since 2025. I had a decent following there and felt part of an artistic community. It feels a bit strange to make this change but also right. For me it had to be done because of the political climate and unclear moderation practices, that were evolving there.
Hope to find a great community here as well. In time I'm sure we'll get there.
Glad to be here.
Mai
🖤💫
#sketches #art #community #charcoal

The bottom line is, while this incident does show that yes, other online communities experience anti-Black racism as well, what makes a difference is the response of that community. Eg. outpouring of support vs questioning and gaslighting the victim.

(And I'm sure the presence of reply controls helps!)

Fediverse has such a long way to go.

#fediverse #blacksky #bluesky #racism #community #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon