Genuinely trying to find more Black people up here.

@CathyBikesBook if you are interested in Fedi voices from and about Africa (not sure if that's the case since you tagged #USA), here is a starterpack

"News from Africa by Africans":

https://fedidevs.com/s/ODY0/

@imp3tuz thanks for sharing. very informative. I joined mastodon.social b/c it was one of the first instances listed on the join mastodon page. i had looked at mastodon.plus(mstdn.plus) also. since being here though i have found a few more instances that interest me.

@CathyBikesBook nice try, ICE. We won't give up our friends tho.

@macacator someone mentioned you in my AskFedi post about finding more Black people up here

@CathyBikesBook yup definitely recommend switching if you please.

i have my other account over @bottled_o_taki . very cute instance.

@imp3tuz @bottled_o_taki ok cool. i sent a follower request

@imp3tuz wait that's also you? I saw you boost some posts from there and thought it was someone else

@hazelnot my alter ego hehehe

@CathyBikesBook It's a serious problem with the Fediverse. I hope it changes. I'm glad you're here.

@CathyBikesBook Hello.

@CathyBikesBook

Some favourite follows:

@brothersoul
@DivineEllison (he really deserves more follows, can people reading this follow him please? he's a great DJ!)
@dilmandila
@cubicgarden
@futurebird
@ZekuZelalem
@blogdiva
@potterybyosa
@ErickaSimone
@StillIRise1963
@timnitGebru
@majorlinux
@mekkaokereke
@drcaberry
@alesha_peterson

(...I know I have probably missed some good accounts, apologies to them! Brain not working fully right now.)

@FediTips thanks

@TOrynski lol. what???

@majorlinux hi. thanks for commenting. I sent a follow request

@CathyBikesBook @erichatfield There is a "bridge" tool which allows Bluesky and Fediverse people to interact.

@CathyBikesBook if I remember correctly some folks felt not welcomed and went back to shitter or to other corporate alternatives. Weirdly enough when I tried to interact with a couple of them I felt not welcome

@CathyBikesBook Are you having trouble finding us to follow? If so, send me a DM and I'll recommend some folks.

@CathyBikesBook @majorlinux and friends

@CathyBikesBook There's @Sbarry8520. He often shares updates about the house he is building.

@CathyBikesBook Thanks for joining mastodon - and for posting this. I found a couple of great folks to follow in the replies that I am now kicking myself for not having followed already (they get boosted into my timeline quite frequently!)