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Unsure where to post but does anyone else think beehaw is s little too closed off? (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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Personally, While i appreciate the good moderation and have never had issues here. I have noticed that communities are a lot smaller when viewed from here?

Anyone else think here is a little too closed off?

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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A reminder that this is not about Beehaw - this is about Rin, and their own personal preferences:

I’m 1) very much already tired and don’t want to spend a ton of time curating a block list and 2) just trying to find a community to fit in where I’m comfortable.

Each person may have their own idea as to what is "comfortable", for them. If Beehaw works fine just the way it is, then that's fantastic!

More broadly across the Fediverse though, individual users have to put in a lot of effort to curate their experience. e.g. not going to political communities is insufficient, when people (including myself:-D) bring up political matters or adjacent philosophies to many types of discussions - memes, about freedom to enjoy the Fediverse, technology, etc.

[–] Blaze@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A reminder that this is not about Beehaw

We are on Beehaw, and you complained about the lack of instances defederating from Lemmy.ml.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago

I made a tangential point, where some people are okay with having less content as a result of being defederated even from as large and central an instance as Lemmy.World - i.e. it's not always the amount of content so much as its quality - to then apply that same principle to the Fediverse at large.

Tolerance of the intolerant is not okay. As you try to bring in more people, some people will balk at coming and others already here will leave, if the experience seems unwelcoming to them.

People need to feel safe in the space they are in, or else they will not enjoy talking. I guess it may sound counterintuitive, but being intolerant - but only of the intolerant!! - actually increases engagement and participation, not the other way around. imho.