Interesting that they mentioned Beehaw, but not Lemmy or Kbin as a whole.
probably just a bit of safety there, it is a more carefully controlled and moderated experience.
You drop the average internet user into the wrong random lemmy instance without teaching them how to tune it to their liking and they are going to be turned off by the amount of bizzare shit they see and just assume it's all like that.
I think Beehaw is a great instance who shows what the Fediverse can be and is about.
I love that they actually shout out 1 of the instances instead of Lemmy or Kbin as a whole.
Trying to get an account on here is pretty difficult though. I applied on the first day of the blackout to give lemmy a shot, but never even got an email back. Ive heard similar from other people.
That would make it pretty tough for new users trying to join the community if they dont know they can also make accounts elsewhere thats federated with beehaw.
I think they are still working through some issues and a large backlog. I got emails from my applications. Two - one rejected when I did a low effort answer to the question and then an acceptance. Still some growing pains I think.
Yeah, manually accepting applications seems kinda ridiculous, but I dont know. Its their server.
It's certainly possible they'll have to reassess their strategy in the face of new applications rising so much, but I think up to this point they've just felt that community quality is more important than growth. I just recently joined this server and I didn't find the application to be that onerous. I just spent perhaps 15 minutes or so thinking about why I would want to be a part of a community like this and crafting a response that showed that I do care.
Same with me. I already had an account from the main instance, but decided to switch when asked users not to make new accounts on there.
Not a fan of the defederation. I’m actually displeased they would shout out an instance that will give new users a BAD experience of what the fediverse is.
Beehaw is the better experience though. I barely use my lemmy.world account.
Lemmy.world is chaotic right now. I imagine that's where all the rejected applicants in other instances go. They have open registrations.
Defederation isn't preferable but it's a great feature of the fediverse to keep communities safe. It should only be used as a last resort when all other modding tools have failed. However, Lemmy is so new that those powerful moderation tools don't exist yet. That's the only reason those instances were defederated, they'll be federated again when the mod team can better control the influx of users as better tools are developed.
That being said I've hardly noticed a change in engagement on beehaw tbh. My posts and comments get just as many replies and upvotes as before defederation.
but can you actually register to beehaw? Because I tried days ago, and I still can't log in.
to put it mildly, the email situation behind the scenes is a fiasco right now that we're trying to resolve asap. if you registered a few days ago you're almost certainly in queue and if we had our way you might have a judgement by now, but our email providers kind of threw us a curveball yesterday that means we literally can't send out the emails that'd notify you if we approved or denied you. it's very dumb. we're very tired of it, lol
I read somewhere that there have been many cases of bots trying to register, is this true?
I registered and got through yes.
I registered just before the influx of users from reddit I assume and I am gonna be honest I didn't put in a full essae.
Nobody needs to write an essay; I wrote two (maybe three?) sentences in mine. You just need to actually be interested in beehaw for what makes it different from other instances and express that. My application wasn't really any longer than this paragraph
Registration happens to be behind right now, mainly for technical reasons as alyaza mentioned, but the admin team is working diligently on it (♥)
They dug the Beehaw vibe 🐝
Honestly, it keeps it simpler. The idea of federation and etc can go above the heads of people so it's probably simpler to just focus on one instance and let the users discover the wider world of federation at their own pace.
Personally though, I would have mentioned Lemmy/Kbin in some capacity.
That's really weird that they would recommend just Beehaw specifically. It makes me wonder if the author understands what Lemmy is. (Or maybe I just feel jealous as a filthy Lemmy.One user)
It does sound like they did very little research into the Lemmy verse and slapped the first thing they could find whose sidebar sounded good.
However I do like they mentioned a variety of different platforms including Digg lol.
Really weird you would recommend just lemmy specifically. It makes me wonder if you understand what the fediverse is. ;-)
Regards from kbin.
They really did recommend Digg as an alternative to Reddit. Some stubborn exec at Digg is punching the air right now.
This has to be a joke, right? Digg is basically just an editor controlled blog that reposts the top of r/all these days.
Also… Slashdot? It’s it 1999?
The comments on Slashdot have been way busier the last few says, and most of the comments aren't even related to the linked story.
No mention of Metafilter or Fark? Pffff.
Beeeeeehaaawww!!
oh, no. hides from work
Did they really suggest 9gag and slashdot as alternatives? Might as well tell us to go back to digg
I mean, they actually DID suggest digg, too.
Wow, I gave up on the article after seeing slashdot and 9gag. Since I’m too lazy to go back was fark included as an option?
Nope. It did have Bluesky for some reason, though. Just a weird list in general.
Wow, Digg is still around?
Myspace is, too. Seems like these sites rarely just die, they fade into something extant but irrelevant.
9gag is a decent alternative if all you used reddit for was browsing meme subs and never commented. But like, I'm pretty sure that that demographic has already been using the official app.
Their last suggestion is actually Digg, so it looks like they got that covered lmao
Cool they did. But as a sources of tech news and reviews I wouldn't recommend Techradar. They're not that thorough and their phone or pc hardware reviews are not that useful to be honest.
Out of all the instances I've tried (barring the personal one I setup last night); Beehaw has been the best! The admins seem like really nice people and I vibe with the philosophy of the place. I just made my own because I've always had the idea in the back of my mind, but I wanted to see how well the Fediverse works out before I committed to it. <3 beehaw
Too bad you can't just join right in.
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