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Beehaw* defederated us? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But that is an issue too. Why would other instances allow them full access while being prevented from collaborating in theirs ?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not really keen on their reasons for defederating, but this makes no sense to me. What do I care if a beehaw user is posting good content on my community but I can't go to their instance? It's still more content and engagement for my community.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I see your point. I was seeing it from the perspective of discouraging stuff to be shared on other communities because it's already in beehaw, but you'd need an account to participate there.

But I see what you say, allowing them to contribute to other instances isn't bad even if they don't allow those instances to contribute on theirs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's each instances choice to make I guess, and it's part of the freedom of the platform.

beehaw would be within their rights to do it (effectively going read only to the outside, not currently possible but a requested feature is to have private or invite only communities), and if they are intending to be the clean family friendly option, it would be a valid choice to make if it were possible.