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Is defederation from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works still necessary? (beehaw.org)

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

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This is more of a question for the admins, but this can certainly be a more open discussion.

Per this thread, beehaw defederated from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works two months ago, around the time that the reddit exodus was happening. Lemmy was blowing up, those instances had an open sign-up policy, and this meant that admins of other instances (like Beehaw) that wanted to heavily moderate their communities became quickly overwhelmed with the number of users from these two instances. Beehaw defederated to make the workload more realistic.

Two months on, I'm wondering if this defederation is still necessary. It seems to me that Lemmy overall has slowed down a lot, and maybe the flow of users from these outside servers would not be as overwhelming as it was before? I respect the decision of the admins one way or the other - I know that the lack of moderation tools was another factor in this decision. I'm just curious if this is something that has been considered recently?

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[-] can@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would like to note that sh.itjust.works hasn't had unverified sign ups enabled for a while now. I have an account there too so it really doesn't make much of a difference to me but I would like an updated stance from the admins here. The initial concerns they voiced don't seem as relevant as they once were.

As for lemmy.world, it's the biggest, and issues can arise from that, so that makes more sense to me.

[-] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago

My takeaway from this thread is that it makes sense to keep lemmy.world off the rolls, but maybe sh.itjust.works is safe to refederate? I just want to join their Patient Gamers community 😭

[-] can@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think so. sh.itjust.works is no where near as big. And the admin there has always been very responsive and transparent whenever I had concerns. The patient gamers community is also very friendly.

[-] Antik@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Yes Lemmy World is the biggest but we take our reports serious and have teams working hard to keep it a friendly space. Again, keep reporting the posts that go against the site or community rules.

[-] can@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I do. I generally don't have problems on lemmy.world communities. I'd just understand the hesitation to refederate. To me if that's on the table I think it'd make sense to do one at a time, and if one has to be first it should be the smaller one.