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SharkEatingBreakfast@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I wrote 3 - 4 sentences and got in.

They want people to join who will make an effort to contribute to their community.

So their “”“essay”“” requirement is working if it keeps out people who think that writing a couple lines is “mental”.

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SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I earnestly wrote a couple of lines, and then a week later they replied that they don’t have enough information to decide, at which point I just threw my hands up and decided for them.

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- SharkEatingBreakfast@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  They want to know if your views will mesh well with the community they are trying to curate before they let you in.
  
  I browsed Beehaw for a bit before deciding that it did, and mentioned it in my application.
  
  I think they’re a bit more choosy now, as I used to see folks spouting things like “can you not use the word ‘minorities’? It shows a bias. You need to address everyone, not give preferential treatment,” or some other dumb horseshit.
  
  Honestly, I think they just don’t want to have to deal with people saying stupid shit and they’re tired of trying to argue with people who A). genuinely hold stupid, shitty beliefs, or B). are trolling/pretending to be stupid in order to get a reaction.
  
  More power to them, if that’s the case.
  
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  - PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    So what’s their opinion on bi lesbians, sysmedicalism, xenogenders, and cluster B ableism?
    
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Stinkywinks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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- B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I bet they’re glad to not get people like you who use ableist slurs.
  
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  - Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Ableist slur, what is it a slur against people with crippling IBS? Lol
    
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