- Lack of representation in software design.
Most FOSS is made by whoever is able to spare unpaid work and has the right tech skills to build it.
This often leaves FOSS devs under-resourced and thankless, rationing their time to deal with an avalanche of reported issues, prioritising what to fix with very limited resources.
If there was better representation of vulnerable groups in FOSS development and prioritisation, it might lead to better safety tools in software.
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- Users not being able to control who can reply to their posts
The Fediverse having thousands of independent servers is one of its greatest strengths (https://fedi.tips/why-is-the-fediverse-on-so-many-separate-servers) but also causes whack-a-mole problems when trying to block hate.
If users could pre-emptively restrict who can reply to their post, e.g. followers-only, this would prevent hatemongers from random unblocked servers posting nasty replies.
Github users can vote for this at https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762
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