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

  • surfrock66
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    611 year ago

    I disagree with this. A more nuanced take is that you should consider any beehaw communities read only unless refederation happens. The defederation was not out of ill will, it was about self preservation in a growing ecosystem and the reasons were clearly communicated and a path to refederation was left open. Read only posts are still valuable, and even though there is a more complex mechanism at play than true “read only” understanding that you can view is better than just blocking them in reverse. We are all friends here, and I think in the long run refederation will happen as this platform matures.

      • Ataraxia
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        31 year ago

        I’m starting to realize that maybe I should learn to lurk. If I lurked in reddit I would have had a better experience.

        • @Rolder@reddthat.com
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          21 year ago

          Lurking with occasional comments in areas that interest you is best, I find. Oh and ignoring anyone who comes off as a troll or clown

          • Provoked Gamer
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            31 year ago

            Ignoring anything so controversial that people are at each other’s throats also helps. Although a healthy bit of disagreement is always fine.

            • @Rolder@reddthat.com
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              11 year ago

              Yep I’m all for some healthy back and forth, but once people start frothing at the mouth, I’m out

    • @wildeaboutoskar@lemmy.world
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      61 year ago

      Yeah I would agree with this. It’s good to know for anyone new coming in but should be taken in good faith unless and until a reason crops up to change that. Not seen anything like that so far.

    • @Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      It would be nice if Lemmy let you know if you were browsing a thread from a defederated instance. Like a flair in the title or something, So you can read but you know your comment will only be seen by users on your instance.

      • surfrock66
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        11 year ago

        I was subbed to some communities from before defederation. I also have a accounts at a few instances for discovery.