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

  • This isn’t reddit 2.0. It’s a different platform with different mechanics that hasn’t had over a decade to mature.

    Change is hard. People need to learn to adapt.

    • @rbits@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      22 years ago

      Right, but even non-reddit users would be confused by it. When everyone advertises lemmy as seamlessly integrating with all the different instances, it doesn’t matter what instance your account is on, this definitely is not that.

      • It’s a young platform experiencing unprecedented growth. There’s going to be growing pains where misunderstandings and misinformation are bound to happen. We need to correct the misinformation and set proper expectations.

        The ability for a server admin to choose what servers they federate with is a core concept of the fediverse and needs to be properly communicated.

      • @webjukebox@lemmy.world
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        02 years ago

        The idea behind federation is, that individuals host their own instance and connect (federate) with others individual’s instances.

        But that’s not easy for less tech savvy people.

        • @BURN@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          Which is a massive change that tbh I’m still not sold on.

          Federation seems to cause more problems than it solves and it’s created so many fractured communities that it’s impossible to get involved in niche ones anymore.