Beehaw: You should join our instance
Where does it say that?
This isn’t Reddit/Meta/𝕏, there are no ads, data mining is free for all, you aren’t the product, this is a service to the users. A rabbi would reject you 3 times before considering letting you in, Beehaw only asks you to explain yourself once. If you don’t know why to join, then don’t 🙂
Beehaw: We’re defederating from two of the largest instances.
Is “largest” a good thing? Reddit is even larger, is that better?
People split into smaller communities anyway, all a “larger” instance does is reduce the granularity of behaviors, shoving everyone into the same bin. Not all people want to be with all others all the time, smaller instances of like-minded people make it easier to pick your own crowds.
gullible@kbin.social 10 months ago
It’s a safe space and the fediverse rapidly expanded tenfold. Beehaw has stated outright that they want to refederate with the big instances, but are delaying until mod tools improve enough to allow them to maintain their safe space for their gaggle of vulnerable folks in the wake of the severely increased workload.
yukichigai@kbin.social 10 months ago
That's nice and all, but "join our instance" and "we're defederated from the other two biggest instances" are in direct opposition to each other, doesn't matter what excuses you use.
gullible@kbin.social 10 months ago
Only if you don’t think about it are they not mutually exclusive ideas. Safe space first, increase size of safe space second.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Unless you use a client with multiaccount support
dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Safe space, or echo chamber?
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Gotta love how spending time with like-minded people has now been framed as an “echo chamber.” I blame reddit, since that’s where I first encountered this nonsense.
I’m fine with my “echo chambers.” We are able to have really in-depth, adult discussions about things like LGBTQIA issues, mental health, and politics without having to constantly swat away a bunch of sea lions.
samus12345@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Had to look up “sea lion.” That’s something I’ve seen a lot of, but never knew there was a specific term for.
dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You do realize that associating with primarily people who share the same views or values as you is literally an echo chamber right?
PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I argue with fascists, exclus, medicalists, and sexists all the time and I’ve never met a sealion. But I have met neurotypical people who expect their sense of cognitive empathy to work on neurodivergent people, and then project all sorts of BS onto them for having a different opinion. IME that term is a dogwhistle for ableism.
gullible@kbin.social 10 months ago
It’s literally a safe space, you absolute sea lion.
gmtom@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Please go back to reddit
Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sounds like it’s a bit of both tbh