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I don't know what instances you roam, but I don't see any kind of nazi/fascist shit on mine and I really love that. But then again, my instance is about metal music and people usually don't discuss politics. Also, I've blocked and muted everything that relates to trump and us politics. Not that it helps anyone but me.
the fascists of the fedi don’t roam free on the wider network, they harass in secret, usually in DMs or "followers only" posts
there’s also a problem with subtle white supremacy, where Black people (and other POC, but mostly Black people) will get piles and piles of harassment that’s totally unrelated to being Black you see, of course, but its not happening to white people for some bizarre reason!! (see also: the many cases involving TheBadSpace where any Black person who was ever so slightly in favor of Ro and their work would get a fuckton of harassment)
(the last one is present on pretty much all social media, be it pre-Musk Twitter, Bluesky or Tumblr, but im told that it’s especially bad on the fedi)
This is exactly what we mean, thanks for explaining better than we could/did!
Thankfully all the instances we're on block heavily but there are some well known bad actors who are white supremacists and a lot of reply guys, JAQ etc people too, I've seen quite a few who have slipped through the cracks before.
Yeah, if your instances doesn't discuss politics and you don't follow anyone outside of music circles or at least don't open anything with a political CW you likely won't ever see it, but it's there.