the logistics of this seem hilarious and ridiculous, but i guess we're still in that stage with electric aircraft where nothing is too outlandish to be off the table:...
Day 2 here, and I can see the growth already. Personally I really like the notion of how its gonna shape up in the future but at the same time I really feel for the average user as of now its too complex to understand the working and how the cross servers thing is working. I mean yes still early days, UI will improve further...
@Ashiette For beehaw registration. I'm accessing it from kbin, but especially in light of defederating from two of the biggest open-registration lemmy instances, I'd like to be on beehaw directly.
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I thought I engaged pretty well with the questions, but I answered them from a simple, matter-of-fact perspective, basically just saying that it's a big instance and I'd like to be a part of it, then answering #3 with the communities I'd like to participate in. Do I have to specifically affirm the philosophical underpinnings of how beehaw operates? I'm fine with that and I do agree with them with how I would participate on beehaw, it just didn't seem necessary when applying.
It's not about getting told what to do or having your data sold, it's about a friction-free social media experience. It depends on what the aims of the platform are and what the desires of potential users are. Personally, I'd imagine most users want something simple and easy, where they don't have to think about what and where and how to post. But if the intent of the platform is to make that harder, then that's fine, it'll just result in fewer users and less content/activity.
Lemmy is harder to start than reddit because the federated nature of it makes it not just one place. Just because you want to escape the man doesn't mean you want to have to jump through hoops and read a textbook of documentation to understand things.
I'm not really sure how you can distinguish between one open-registration instance and another, since spammers and trolls can just sign up to any open-registration site and interact with beehaw like I'm doing now.
How does that square with beehaw gaining significant numbers of users as part of reddit's recent migration? They wouldn't be looking for somewhere to join if they felt like reddit would continue to work for them, and I'd say that automatically makes replacing reddit their primary goal.
I suppose that that confusion was why my application wasn't accepted. I wanted something better, but that doesn't change the fact that it would replace reddit for me. I think I would fit in just fine, agree with the philosophy, and help foster the community you're trying to build, but trying to be a true believer in any philosophy wouldn't be my primary motivator. I adapt to where I am.
they're welcome to interact with our instance obviously as long as they abide by the rules
What about the people abiding by the rules who thought lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works would be fine enough instances to sign up with? Feels like throwing out plenty of babies with the bathwater, even if the bathwater was particularly dirty.
I came to Beehaw from Reddit as well during the most recent wave, and I didn't come here really expecting Beehaw to replace Reddit for anything more than the content format.
Same for me, but my application was still rejected. I wanted something better, but that doesn't change the fact that it would replace reddit for me.
I did read them, and I agreed with them just fine, but I still got rejected. It just doesn't feel necessary to affirm a philosophy when my aim is to just participate in a nice place.
I don't want a 1-1 reddit replacement. I want something better, which is why I'm trying to replace reddit in the first place.
I'm guessing it has something to do with mastodon, since microblogging is interoperable with mastodon like how threads are interoperable with lemmy....
Okay, so just do whatever and it'll work itself out. Go to "threads" if I'm in the mood to see reddit-type stuff and go to "microblog" if I'm in the mood to see twitter-type stuff.
Porn has always been a driving force of new technologies. While Kbin isn't a new technology per se I would say it's a indication that the community is here to stay.
How long until we have corporate instances in the Fediverse?
Not willing to give them ideas so fast....
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Electric airplane towing concept could mean longer zero-emission flights (www.engadget.com)
the logistics of this seem hilarious and ridiculous, but i guess we're still in that stage with electric aircraft where nothing is too outlandish to be off the table:...
One Small step, a giant leap for Fediverse but...
Day 2 here, and I can see the growth already. Personally I really like the notion of how its gonna shape up in the future but at the same time I really feel for the average user as of now its too complex to understand the working and how the cross servers thing is working. I mean yes still early days, UI will improve further...
Beehaw defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works (beehaw.org)
ANNOUNCEMENT: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works
hey folks, we'll be quick and to the point with this one:...
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How does microblogging on Lemmy communities work?
I'm guessing it has something to do with mastodon, since microblogging is interoperable with mastodon like how threads are interoperable with lemmy....
Since we are seeing a lot more porn post I think it's clear Kbin is here to stay.
Porn has always been a driving force of new technologies. While Kbin isn't a new technology per se I would say it's a indication that the community is here to stay.