Verification fragments an open platform based on social hierarchy and provides rewards and treatment accordingly.

Giving people the recognition and respect they deserve is the start of helping evolve open source software into a more sustainable ecosystem.

The subjugation of Black people will never end until white people confront their desire to see Black bodies suffer.

The punishment for stepping out of line can be anywhere from regular harassment to doxxing, and as Black femmes are hypervisible but ultimately powerless, they are regularly crushed in such attacks.

While trends are provoking of such surprise and dismay, are so formidable, so worthy of journalistic inquiry and coverage, there is little to no critical analysis of “trending” itself.

How the fuck does your “meritocracy” explain this?