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Update: I got banned from hexbear and grad lmao

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Didn't beehaw defederate from lemmy.world a year ago because they felt it had a bad influence on itself? Mb not theexact reason' but something like that scratches my mind

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Beehaw wanted to be its own thing and didn't trust outside users to follow their specific rules. So they defederated to be their own network, which was a really bad idea. Though it contributed a lot to SJW's growth, so that's something

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I mean seeing how negative and pissy some sects of the users are on lemmy.world, I can't really blame them. The technology and gaming community on there are so unhelpful and the comments are just variations of "enshittification" or "modern gaming/tech sucks" which...yeah we know, we're on Lemmy.

At least Beehaw users, in my experience, actually read the articles and discuss the topics at hand. Even if there is a lower userbase to engage with, I end up learning something new or productive.