When I load Lemmy.ml, the option is there even when I’m not logged in, however the option is missing from beehaw completely, why?

    • Peter1986C@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      I bet it makes Beehaw a lot easier to moderate. And as far as I know, one should still be able to make a group on an instance that is allowing the user to do so.

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      So doesn’t that mean that beehaw isn’t acting as a federated instance of lemmy but rather a walled garden?

      I guess my second question is, is it possible to migrate to another instance in the same way you can do on mastodon?

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        So doesn’t that mean that beehaw isn’t acting as a federated instance of lemmy but rather a walled garden?

        No. We are not preventing users from accessing the fediverse or the Internet as a whole.

        I guess my second question is, is it possible to migrate to another instance in the same way you can do on mastodon?

        I’m, fairly, certain that the answer is no.

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        When i first joined beehaw i had a similar question as you, but slowly i started accessing lemmy communities from across the lemmyverse from here and realized im okay with how things are. If i wish to create a community of my own i might join another server like mander.xyz and do so.

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      I like the approach - keeps the instance focused, gives it direction and prevents a ton of empty abandoned communities popping up.