I don’t think anyone here is accusing the community as a whole of being unwelcoming. Rather the problem seems to be that it is disinterested. And when some toxicity arises the lack of interest to address this toxicity comes across as unwelcoming.
I am not a member of a minority group so I’m only guessing here, but I can imagine the frustration of seeing something you perceive as hostile against you, and then see some backlash, but then witness the backlash being deemed uninteresting. If it happens once, okay whatever! But then you see it again, and again, and after a while the frustration is not worth it and you leave the platform.
You only need a few unwelcoming individuals and a community that doesn’t care about correcting it, then the community as a whole can come across as unwelcoming. I think that is the problem here.
I am not a member of a minority group so I’m only guessing here, but I can imagine the frustration of seeing something you perceive as hostile against you, and then see some backlash, but then witness the backlash being deemed uninteresting. If it happens once, okay whatever! But then you see it again, and again, and after a while the frustration is not worth it and you leave the platform.
You only need a few unwelcoming individuals and a community that doesn’t care about correcting it, then the community as a whole can come across as unwelcoming. I think that is the problem here.