@jean Hi, Jean. Could you direct me to the M.b community guidelines or whichever document lays down the groundrules on how we interact with one another here? I tried to follow a link on the help site and it went to a missing page. Thanks.
@JohnPhilpin I asked the question because no, I don’t think this is a community that supports those who have been historically marginalized. This is not because any one person is specifically excluding them, but rather because if those of us with privilege are not all actively working to include those without privilege, they won’t be. Inclusion isn’t about being invited to participate; it’s about removing barriers from participation, as well as addressing microaggressions as soon as they occur. But that only happens if inclusion is a community value that we all share. If we all shared this value, we could work together to remove barriers. Here’s an example of a barrier: Not everyone can afford $5/month for a hosted microblog. Do we create a “scholarship” system that those of us who can afford it pay into, and then we subsidize costs for others? That’s why I am asking the question. If we want M.b to become more than a community for the Apple tech / indie crowd, then what are our community values, and how do we live them?