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I'm just curious if it is on the table at some point. I only see a small slice of beehaw when I'm logged in but the active participation feels like it is on a downward trend. Like, there appears to be ~700 on here right now. I know numbers aren't everything, but overall engagement is important. I'm on several instances with different accounts. I've been gravitating towards my .world account because it is so active. I get a grouchy or rude reply still from time to time, but it seems like most of the trolls have gone or been removed. That instance seems to be maturing fast and growing some personality all its own. The server seems constantly stressed, but Ruud is holding it together. The moderation seems much more in check now too. That's just my perspective. I'd like to see everyone come together again, but I am just one user.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think federation is overrated. How difficult is it to have multiple accounts these days?

It will be very hard to vet users from other instances properly in the Fediverse. Even if tools exist to do better validation (like, for instance, allowing an instance to validate that the subscriber from another instance has a valid email address), someone with ill intent can figure out a way around that.

I think that the Fediverse could use an identity verification service, but fear that's what Facebook is trying to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Having multiple accounts isn't the issue IMO. It's communication about centralization / decentralization. There is confusing and mixed messaging about the difference between "Lemmy" and "Beehaw." Just like there is between "Mastodon" and "mastodon.socal."

Joe public's perception of participation in social networks is based on brand: "See my post on Facebook," "reply to my tweet," "did you see that subreddit?"

It needs to be clearer that's not how things work here. There are things you gain from decentralization, but also things you lose. People will always want the best of both worlds.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that begging the mods for refederation will be a common occurrence in the newly emerging fediverse, but I think we'll all just have to get used to the idea that the fediverse is about voluntary communities and you'll have to forge your own path using multiple accounts/etc. The entire point of defederation is that Beehaw doesn't want certain communities or people with certain viewpoints congregating here - that's the choice of this community and the use of multiple accounts does get around that but it's just what will have to be done if you want to be someone associated with defederated communities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think we’ll all just have to get used to the idea that the fediverse is about voluntary communities

So many people have only ever known the Internet and web as a handful of centralized walled gardens that have a financial interest in keeping you locked in and scrolling. So when you have a system that is explicitly built in a federated manner, explicitly built to give communities the ability to choose who and how they interact with others, and you don't have algorithmically generated content, those people are just lost.