I feel like a lot of people coming over here from reddit (granted I’m one of them) don’t really understand what federation is. The admin (the peeps actually hosting and running the instance) can do whatever they want. And unlike reddit, if you disagree with them you can just move to another instance. As I understand it (and they posted a large thread explaining all this) Beehaw wants to keep their community small and regulated, and with the massive growth of other instances like ours coming in they felt overwhelmed. It’s totally understandable and we shouldn’t be dicks about it
I’m not trying to be a dick. I’m just wondering why only defederating with those two. Lots of instances are gaining traction. I think it’s fair to wonder why discriminate with only those two.
I feel like a lot of people coming over here from reddit (granted I’m one of them) don’t really understand what federation is. The admin (the peeps actually hosting and running the instance) can do whatever they want. And unlike reddit, if you disagree with them you can just move to another instance. As I understand it (and they posted a large thread explaining all this) Beehaw wants to keep their community small and regulated, and with the massive growth of other instances like ours coming in they felt overwhelmed. It’s totally understandable and we shouldn’t be dicks about it
The problem is, lots of popular communities were set up over there. There is a serious lack of content, and all of a sudden a ton of content is gone.
I’m not trying to be a dick. I’m just wondering why only defederating with those two. Lots of instances are gaining traction. I think it’s fair to wonder why discriminate with only those two.