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what does it mean that Beehaw "defederated" from lemmy.world? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Dick_Justice@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I thought I understood, but I still have Beehaw content in my feed, so I guess I don't understand after all... Can someone dumb it down for me?

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[-] Dick_Justice@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, I don't believe for one second that those 4 admins have actually, meaningfully, personally vetted 11,000+ users. People have posted (sorry, I dont have the link) here that they just filled the "application" out with nonsense and still got approved.

[-] Knoll0114@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Doesn't surprise me too much tbh. I don't think I'd make an account with Beehaw but I might end up making one with a small instance they federate with to have access. While they have a right to defederate it's not something I like seeing.

[-] Goronmon@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I don't believe for one second that those 4 admins have actually, meaningfully, personally vetted 11,000+ users.

So, if they are struggling the moderate a community with 11,000+ users, it would make sense for them to limit an even large number of external users for the time being until they feel they have things better in control, correct?