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Anyone Else Noticing Increasingly Conservative Commentary from Outside Instances? (beehaw.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by millie@beehaw.org to c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

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In the past few weeks I feel like I've seen a lot more conservative comments being posted on Beehaw. Where before it seemed like occasionally some dazed right-winger would wander through now and then, it now seems a bit more like they specifically show up to any thread that brushes up against one of their pet issues.

The most recent example I've noticed is around the stuff with the Ladybird devs being weird about being asked to use inclusive pronouns, but it seems like a pattern.

Has anyone else noticed this? Any thoughts on a course of action other than blocking them all individually or reporting particularly grievous examples?

I really would be disappointed to see every single thread here slowly inundated with pettiness and hate.

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[–] Lionir@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

I think we would probably keep applications to allow people who may not have friends that can invite them here. We may be more strict with the answers though.

I, personally would still like to allowlist places which I think are pretty good. Though, ideally I would like one-way federation so beeple can still explore places which don't necessarily meet the standard we set for allowlist.