I find this news disconcerting coming from such a large instance so early on. Many of the criticisms of Lemmy I’ve been fighting against on Reddit have had to do with defederation and the possibility of getting cut off from your favorite communities on your main account. I handwaved that away as being extremely unlikely save for the exception of NSFW or extreme political content. But this news has taken me quite by surprise. Perhaps I should have seen it coming given the community Beehaw is trying to foster.
This really makes me wonder what will happen to instances that make this decision. Will their communities diminish in favor of the more accessible ones? Will this decision hurt Beehaw in the long run? What does this mean for the Fediverse in the near future when fighting against its detractors has been such an uphill battle?
Thoughts?
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undefined> why lemmy.ml and blahaj? Aren’t they the same federation-wise?
They are identical as far as I know. I went to blahaj first because it was smaller and the page loaded faster than .ml at the time of registration. There was a period that I couldn’t see anything from .ml on blahaj or Kbin but could from .world and couldn’t pull anything from .ml when searching so I registered there in case they defederated.
Also, you show up as “undefined” when I direct reply to your comment. Not sure if this is a bug.
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