Why YSK: Beehaw defederated from Lemmy.World and Sh.itjust.works effectively shadowbanning anyone from those instances. You will not be able to interact with their users or posts.

Edit: A lot of people are asking why Beehaw did this. I want to keep this post informational and not color it with my personal opinion. I am adding a link to the Beehaw announcement if you are interested in reading it, you can form your own views. https://beehaw.org/post/567170

  • arayvenn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    This is a bit of a bummer since I’m interested in a lot of the beehaw communities. Should users just make separate accounts to interact with beehaw communities?

    • eee@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      a lot of the beehaw communities have alternatives in the rest of the lemmyverse. while I can participate in beehaw communities, i personally found it more useful to just block all beehaw communities (so I don’t accidentally post there) and participate in the non-beehaw communities so I’m interacting with the majority of the fediverse.

      most of the other instances are low-drama and don’t have issues with defederating/shadowbanning like beehaw does!

    • rimlogger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I use a separate account for Beehaw but ever since they defederated I haven’t seen as much activity on there.

      • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Makes sense. The problem with their approach was it basically punished people on Beehaw rather than people on the instances they deem problematic. I see what they’re trying to do and have absolutely no problem with it, but I and most people I’d got to know there just moved to another instance so we could interact outside the walled garden. Whereas my account on .world was unaffected because there’s alternatives to all the Beehaw stuff elsewhere.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Yeah lemmy.world has a more open sign up which is a double edged sword. It’s good in that it’s easier to set up an account and start talking.

      But the other side of it is that it’s also easier for shitty people to sign up. The kind of people that will say shitty things to the LGBTQ+ communities on beehaw.

      So yeah, you might want to consider signing up for an account on an instance that’s a little more selective. You’ll probably have to write up a few paragraphs introducing yourself, and it might take a little time for it to be reviewed.