Totally agreed that the anti-creator / anti-small business "don't sell stuff here" attitude so many people have here is a problem ... but, be careful about the analogy. "Mastodon HOA" and "fedi HOA" were originally used by @shengokai and @mekkaokereke to refer to the HOA-style structural and casual racism that's so endemic here. When the term gets used in a deracialized way, it's seen as erasing their perspecties - and more generally ignoring the racism of fedi and of HOAs.Of course, others have come up with the analogy independently -- HOAs are annoying in a lot of other ways besides the racism! Still, unless you're specifically talking about the racialized aspects of people trying to police what can and can't be said here, finding another analogy will reduce the chances that your post will get taken in a way that you didn't intend it to be.@Edelruth @hal_pomeranz @mckra1g
