@hipsterelectron.bsky.social hey Danny! Will you message me with a good email address? I thought I had one and can’t find it

The habits of use on twitter by marginalized persons through the affordances of the platform result in unique kinds of community formation that are resilient to and in opposition to the attempts by Elon Musk and others to turn it into a Nazi bar. These uses largely go ignored in analysis like yours.

Brock argues that the nature of twitter thereby enables unique manifestations of Black Joy which can be circulated among the greater Black community in ways distinct from the local offline community or on other sites like Facebook, Instagram, or even threads. This is important as it points to use.

Similarly, Brock argues that the functions of twitter, retweeting and hashtags as example, allow for the articulation of Black cultural practices within digital space such that nuanced performances of Blackness and discussions of issues facing the Black community can be circulated among Black users.

Put simply, the design level structure of twitter enables unique ways that users can become visible to one another. Beyond this, other affordances of the platform enable the unique establishment of social networks, including networks of support and mutual aid that rely on twitter's functions.

You do not know what you're asking, nor what you are talking about when you say that the social networks on twitter can be replicated elsewhere. Firstly, following boyd, the social networks on twitter are not just a function of the users themselves but the affordances of twitter as a platform.

Jared Holt@jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2y ago

But the thing is, it can be replicated elsewhere. It wouldn’t be hard but it would require collective action. There are countless social platforms online, including this one, that can serve that social bridge in similar and sometimes even better and more accessible ways. This is a cop out, imo.

Thus, algorithmic technologies like the one that flagged my post organize how persons arrive in digital space, how their digital selves take shape through the digital space, and what kinds of users can extend themselves through digital space. And we know what kinds of users feel most at home here.

To be phenomenological about it, the history of predominantly white spaces treating Black cultural practices as "rude" or "impolite" or "uncivilized" runs ahead of any Black user, especially given how this history is made actual THROUGH technologies like the above, which organize this digital space.

Because these technologies take whiteness as the point from which a digital world unfolds and since these technologies take a contemporary liberal worldview as their orientation towards race and racism, these technologies will continue to contribute to the suppression of Black digital practice.

Beyond a failure to recognize nuance, this is a failure to recognize what Andre Brock describes as the unique cultural and discursive features of Black digital practice. Moreover, this is a failure that's been happening since algorithms have been introduced into moderation decisions.

I'm amused at the irony of getting this tag for my shitpost which sat squarely at the intersection of Black digital practices and philosophical shitposting, especially since this kind of automated tagging has been a frequent example in my writing about the intersection of AI and marginalization.

liv@livfreeorcry.gay · 3y ago

this is the first time i have ever seen this tag... seems like it shouldn't be

👀 One of the best books written in my field in the past five years (Distributed Blackness by @docdre.bsky.social) is currently a #free #ebook on Kindle. Snag it while you can. www.amazon.com/Distributed-...

Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures (Critical Cultural Communication Book 9)

Amazon.com: Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures (Critical Cultural Communication Book 9) eBook : Brock, Jr., André: Books

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And "Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art" that debuted in NYC last year (co-conceived by Russell ) is so amazing. It's inspired by of Prof. Brock's book, Distributed Blackness. opening in Detroit soon..

ON VIEW: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)

Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art

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Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was an American statesman, philosopher, and Founding Father who authored the Declaration of Independence, served as the third U.S. president, advanced religious liberty, expanded the nation through the Louisiana Purchase, and shaped early American political ideals

part of the problem for schumer and other centrists is that they think ICE is awesome *on the merits.* Like, they aren't compromising on ICE funding; they actually love deportations, believe that lawlessness at the border or whatever nonsense is a real problem. 1

house extended affordable care act subsidies with 17 gop votes. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

In this short essay, @lmsacasas.bsky.social provides a useful checklist for recognizing the Borg complex, and for deconstructing “manufactured inevitability.” A sort of guide for responding to the “banality of evil” as wonderfully captured by Arendt. open.substack.com/pub/theconvi...

Happy 55th Birthday to the BEAUTIFUL Regina Hall 🎁🎈🥳🎂🎉

That fineness done sat down in her like sleep in a weary toddler’s eyes

the song hangin' by chic possibly one of my favorites youtube.com/watch?v=-zAN... has this incredible dialogue at the beginning > uh hey theodore > like what are we gonna do tonight man > theodore? you ain't hangin out with me > callin me no theodore

Chic - Hangin' (Official Video)

YouTube video by Carlos Henrique Gomes Siqueira

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so much to be said about the language of implication and how a safe space is formed when an identity can be formed outside of white society. i think queer people can relate to this

“We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before WWII. Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.” — Mitch McConnell fell and hit his head so hard, the scales fell from his eyes. www.ft.com/content/11d2...

Mitch McConnell: ‘We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now’

The Republican Senator on his plans to spend the last two years of his term fighting back against an increasingly isolationist GOP

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FUCK HIM!!!! HE IS A HUGE REASON FOR WHY SHIT IS HAPPENING THE WAY IT IS!!!!!

Quite Uninteresting@quiteuninteresting.bsky.social · 2y ago

“We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before WWII. Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.” — Mitch McConnell fell and hit his head so hard, the scales fell from his eyes. www.ft.com/content/11d2...

I celebrated the day my beard finally connected too

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Sen. Cory Booker and Alexis Lewis got married, celebrating in both Newark and D.C.

Ok, I laughed.

You know what. For the endless wonder and laughs he created and his iconic impact mr. Bean at least deserves some dome

Temu Baby Joker@beastboywonder.blacksky.app · 9mo ago

This what you want? Hear this one out.

Cory Booker loves him a passé blanc.

me? tall, Black & sleepy

Daniel. Real name, no gimmicks@jdfromqueens.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Now I’m curious as to how all y’all sound

a kairotic memory of life blooming amidst/within/through pain and devastation. that's disco

Niggas who don't know how to keep a woman are holding circle jerk sessions trying to tell Klay how to keep a woman.