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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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[–] newtraditionalists@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Stay defederated. On top of all the great points already made, I don't understand people demanding instances behave a certain way. If you don't like the way this instance is handled go find another one.

[–] can@beehaw.org 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who's demanding anything? Surely we can discuss it amongst ourselves as a community?

[–] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

There is a lot of chatter that I've seen in other instances where Beehaw's stance ranckled a number of folks.

[–] Revanee@lemmy.one 23 points 1 year ago

Nothing's wrong with discussing things with the intent to make them better for everyone

[–] MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, instances can do whatever they want and users should seek instances that match their needs but:

Per the thread OP linked, it's suggested this could be temporary. "this is also not a permanent judgement" is my context in saying as such.
The post did not feel demanding. Though perhaps you're making a more general reference?

Edit: context

Edit2: Not intended as advocation for refederating. I'm content with the content available to me so I don't have a strong opinion.