Cohost's '#Black Lives Matter' tag has only two posts in it aside from this one. It has me wondering if there are any tags or, at least, something out there for Black and BIPOC Cohost users to congregate and freely talk about our lives and issues.

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Cohost's '#Black Lives Matter' tag has only two posts in it aside from this one. It has me wondering if there are any tags or, at least, something out there for Black and BIPOC Cohost users to congregate and freely talk about our lives and issues.
There's slightly more posts in '#BLM' though one of them is a white person's introduction post........ Which...... hmmmm
(sorry in advance) . . . actually, both have intro posts as you describe
runs away and hides
Are you telling me that until OP the only post tagged black lives matter was a white person introducing themselves???
not a person, some persons.
i assume they feel it is important to draw attention to the tags by any means?
edit: ok, that could be read as if i was against drawing attention to it... i meant: without thinking about the impact of their post being the only under that tag.
although the suggested tag list IS an indicator about usage of tags, there is no hint as to how many posts there are already under that tag, so i assume they were simply expressing support against discrimination
the best thing would be creating new tags and populating existing ones, but cohost's discoverability is real bad at the moment (。ŏ﹏ŏ) without the #the cohost global feed tag, all posts go straight into the void
Agreeing on the discoverability point. I put this in the global feed, because it had to be said. But even when I posted this, I was afraid of this falling flat, and any efforts to create a Black/BIPOC tag could follow such a path without the help of the community.
Seeing some well-connected users here actually offering their platform to help boost Black/BIPOC voices is a very good outlook, otoh.
yeah, i think we have an advantage here because the culture's different. the website is not completely user-friendly yet, at least not as we are used to in other places, but the good thing is that dialogue seems to flow well here. i hope people feel more comfortable to express themselves here as the userbase grows
I was looking into something like this previously, and it seems that at least for now the sort of post that would usually populate this tag just isn't making it onto Cohost.
I haven't seen any overt opposition to such posts. Instead it seems that it's mostly due to how the current userbase of Cohost feels this platform should be used, whether consciously or not. Currently, there seems to be a reluctance to pull potentially painful discussions into the Cohost space as many seem to be using it as a refuge of sorts, and instead use other platforms for such topics.
Whether that's good or bad I don't feel qualified to say, but that's the impression I've gotten so far.
A space for Black/BIPOC folks has plenty of room for creative work, networking, and providing resources. We've always been strong when we get together.