Micro.blog

@macgenie Thank you for sharing this! I know we have a lot of work to do, but I'm heartened by just how intentional this work is as part of micro.blog and the whole community.

@vasta Thanks for saying that. I’m happy you are here!

@macgenie 🙌 🙌 🙌

@macgenie the fact that the community has been, is still continuously thinking about this, as it grows, convinces me that the effort will be successful. Boundaries on what’s just not acceptable are better drawn before it gets late — micro.blog is clearly on right path.

@eli 🙌 backatcha! ☺️

@macgenie Good job. As well as race & gender, I think it would be a good idea to encourage more use by non-Apple users, as well.

@Ron No one should feel unwelcome here.

@macgenie Thanks for all you do for the micro.blog community Jean!

@macgenie I've never felt the least bit unwelcome here!! Not at all, ever! That was not my point at all.

@Ron I wouldn’t blame you if you did. I have a few non-Apple-using acquaintances who can be trying in their disdain for my chosen platform! 🙂

@Burk Likewise. I appreciate you keeping tabs on our emoji experiment. 😇🤓👨‍💻

@macgenie So glad to see this post; thank you! Another thing that complicates gauging the diversity of a community is that we’re attuned to look for visual markers, which often aren’t apparent or are hard to gauge. (I run into this often at work.) Orientation/expression, (dis)ability, & socio-economic status (naming just a few others of a very deep iceberg) are unlikely to show up in a cursory look at a user profile unless explicitly stated, which relies on a person’s level of comfort in sharing that/those aspects of their personhood. Helping those amplify those voices in a way that respects their privacy is tricky, but I’m convinced we can do it.

@macgenie Haha. I'm a full grown adult. It would just be nice to see some discussion here of useful things on platforms, not just one.

@Ron on many platforms, not just one.

@macgenie 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@macgenie provides a great challenge to look outside our normal circles to encourage a wide range of people to participate and be included on Micro.blog.

A great challenge indeed, thanks Jean!

@desparoz We can do it. 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻💪🏾💪🏼

@macgenie Best. Reply. Ever.

@macgenie @Ron I've recently had some weird interactions with FLOSS-only people who think use of Apple tech is oppressive and OMG so expensive. But realistically, it's far harder to make & support Android, Linux, or Windows software at comparable quality.

@mdhughes I wouldn't know about that, I'm a tax acct, not a developer. In bkpg & tax prep Windows dominates. I started with Apple II+ but had to switch to Win to make a living. And I will admit, I should probably floss a whole lot more!

@macgenie 👍🏻 Would you say that the trend is a more diverse or less diverse micro blog?

@macgenie So glad to see this. I’ve noticed this same thing & it lingers in my mind when I spend time here. I end up feeling a kind of guilt because it feels so closed, exclusive. I know that’s not the intent but your post is the first I’ve seen to explicitly address it. 🙌🏽

@Ron "I should probably floss a whole lot more" I nearly spit my drink reading that :). Although I wouldn't classify "platform diversity" in the same way as the diversity intended by this thread, I can understand why you would be disappointed in what appears to be an Apple focus here. Being an "Apple Person" myself, I can attest that for some reason we love talking about every silly little Apple-related detail. I'm guilty! In my defense, I have been talking a bit about Linux lately. Does that count? :).

@macgenie Well, I might be the first and only blind person to have joined micro.blog. I was one of the first to join Twitter back in 2007.

@Ron Yes, always floss after candy-floss or FLOSS!

For some reason, Windows devs working on tax software aren't the life of the party on new social sites, Mac and web nerds are.

@macgenie I'm always interested in trying new social networks and services etc. Although I'm probably not mainstream when it comes to my viewpoint. I consider myself fairly libertarian.

@jack Keyboards isn't small or silly 😑

@jack Ha ha ha. You totally get a pass, as I find your Org Mode postings interesting, & I may try out Spacemacs. PLUS you post about cameras, great photos of your dogs, notebooks, good stuff. Maybe I'll get up the nerve to buck the tide and post something about Android stuff. :)

@Ron I would wager that this is one of the "safest" places online to do just that. As someone "Android Curious" I certainly wouldn't mind!

@mdhughes Okay, just for you.

@jack does emacs run on Android?

@jack I wouldn't bet against you. Something is cooking up in my mind about that, but gotta get back to earning some dough for today. Watch for something from me in a day or a few. @macgenie

@macgenie I'm grateful for this focus from the outset. So far, I've held a self-imposed rule that white men can only make up 50% of the accounts I follow on m.b. Not everyone can do this, and sometimes (like you said) race and gender are not apparent -- but who you follow matters.

@Ron I didn't make a tilde.club account because I used to do that on the college radio station computer, and still do on my gallery site. But neocities looks amusing…

@hjertnes Definitely we are trending toward more diverse community.

@Denny Glad you are here!

@kwlblt Agreed. We are doing our best to make the community aware of different voices via Discover. It is a lot easier to have a rule of thumb like yours on Twitter where there are so many more people.

@hope I’m glad you are here. Please do feel free to give us feedback. I know we want to make Micro.blog as accessible as we can as well. /@manton

@macgenie @manton Jean's blog post inspired me to publish my thoughts regarding diversity on Micro.blog: “Strategies to increase diversity on Micro.blog”

@macgenie I know you've seen this, but since I'm not super good at pinging conversations, just linking my reply to you here for posterity andrewkurjata.ca/micro/201...

@macgenie Besides my Wp imports not wanting to finish for some reason, I haven't had too many problems. Usually the issue lies between the keyboard and the chair.

@macgenie yyyeeesss!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@macgenie Great 😁

@macgenie By the way, most everything works fine except when I'm posting, the contents of the field appear blank. I know they aren't because I'm typing and hear the words. Also I can select and copy the content to paste it into a text editor.