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RobotToaster ,
@RobotToaster@mander.xyz avatar

They’re defederated from virtually everyone. They may as well just use phpbb at this point.

Magister ,
@Magister@lemmy.world avatar

When Reddit announced their API thing, I moved to beehaw (LW didn’t exist) and it was cool! Then they defederated from instance one by one… So I opened an account on LW.

Beehaw is about dead, 70 users per day…

half_built_pyramids ,

Like a plunger, always bringing up old shit

FundMECFSResearch OP ,

Are you insulting me? Or insulting BeeHaw mods?

nivenkos ,

BeeHaw went full Reddit powermod level of power-tripping.

Lost_My_Mind ,

So you’re saying it would be fun to show up on beehaw, flip everyone the finger, and leave.

Blaze ,

Please don’t, they are nice people, they just prefer to stay small

seathru ,
@seathru@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

If that’s what truly brings you joy; I’m sure they would be accepting.

I mean, you’d likely get banned. But I doubt there would be any lingering hard feelings.

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

im sure you can find more info on beehaw, but really they just wanted to avoid a metric tonne of negative influencing (political or otherwise) and drama.

FundMECFSResearch OP ,

That’s fair.

Wonder why they haven’t done the same with lemmy.ml too? Given how inflammatory it is there

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

that is a great question.

part of what pushed me into running a public instance was their closed stance. i appreciated their genial camaraderie, but i dont like being closed off.

Zaktor ,

It’s interesting how the most open instances aren’t the biggest ones with no user restrictions, but the smaller instances that no one has issues with. I moved away from LW because of performance issues, but I’m happy to be able to see both LW posts and BH posts. Sopuli has defederated from some instances, but I’m happy with their choices so it’s as unrestricted as I want it to be. Others would choose an even less restrictive/restricted small instance, or like yourself just run your own to have complete freedom.

iso ,
@iso@lemy.lol avatar

It’s been over for so long that it’s almost forgotten, huh? Here’s the announcement: beehaw.org/post/567170

As I remember, it was about open registration policy and poor moderation.

FundMECFSResearch OP ,

Thanks, post was an interesting read.

davidgro ,

I’m a little surprised they are even still going. I guess staying small really was a goal.

macarthur_park ,

Beehaw had been around for a few years before lemmy.world launched. They have a specific sort of space they want to create, so good for them for being able to maintain it.

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