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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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Beehaw defederating from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by BreadDog@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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Interesting bit of news for the threadiverse. All three of these are fairly large lemmy instances

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[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm personally hoping for a unique culture, especially since we currently have quite a good one. Going solo is just going solo -- it's sad and kinda dumb, since it defeats the entire point of the fediverse, but if they're ok hanging out on a closed forum it's not like those haven't existed for decades.

I hadn't thought something like Mastodon would be able to defederate. Thinking about it, that would be far more disastrous for a platform aimed at following individuals to be able to do. The stress induced from having to choose an instance knowing they block other instances and being unable to even tell if that's a bad thing or not until you investigate each and every one anyway. Having to look up what your favorite people are on, if you're on Mastodon, so you can get news without leaving any of them out. What a mess.

[–] GuyDudeman@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re not going solo though. They are still connected to hundreds of other instances. Including Lemmy.ml, which is still the biggest instance.

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Additionally, the Beehaw admins have said they're open to refederating with lemmy.world et al if/when Lemmy gets better moderation tools.

[–] eta_aquarid@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

they defederated from Lemmy.world and the other one, that's it

they're not closing themselves off; they made it very clear what they were doing and why; people keep just catastrophizing about it over and over for some reason

like they made it clear what they were doing and that it wouldn't necessarily be permanent