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Techradar Just Shouted Out Beehaw! (www.techradar.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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From the article:

"Beehaw is relatively new and relatively small at the moment, but it's one of the closest approximations of what Reddit is that you're going to find, and well worth investigating as a Reddit replacement. The interface even looks a lot like Reddit, albeit without a lot of the on-screen features and furniture that build up over almost two decades of operation.

Have a read of the Beehaw mission statement and you'll see the platform is committed to avoiding the "hate speech" and "disinformation" that's prevalent elsewhere. The communities available right now cover everything from neurodivergence and people of color to literature and gardening, so you're sure to find something of interest here."

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[–] MadCybertist@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not a fan of the defederation. I’m actually displeased they would shout out an instance that will give new users a BAD experience of what the fediverse is.

[–] rknuu@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can you explain what you mean by bad experience? I can see how the experience on beehaw would be different from other instances, but what is explicitly bad about it?

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah ae beehaw has so far been one of the best experiences I've ever had with social media, it's definitely not everybody's cup of tea though I guess!

[–] sab@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I guess he means "bad" as in "less active". I think what Beehaw is doing is great, but I also understand why some people would rather refer users to sites that federate with all the largest instances.

[–] snowbell@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Beehaw is the better experience though. I barely use my lemmy.world account.

[–] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Defederation isn't preferable but it's a great feature of the fediverse to keep communities safe. It should only be used as a last resort when all other modding tools have failed. However, Lemmy is so new that those powerful moderation tools don't exist yet. That's the only reason those instances were defederated, they'll be federated again when the mod team can better control the influx of users as better tools are developed.

That being said I've hardly noticed a change in engagement on beehaw tbh. My posts and comments get just as many replies and upvotes as before defederation.