in summer 2023, when I moved here from reddit, the lemmy instance beehaw.org was extremely divisive. they wanted to create a website according to certain rules rather than a free for all. some people were saying it would be the end of the threadiverse before it even began.

since that time, there have been various other intrinsic and extrinsic threats. I do not see much panicking about beehaw. did the threadiverse survive beehaw? or is this only a shell of what we might have had otherwise?

  • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    9 months ago

    I liked the idea of Beehaw, but it ended up being rather like an HOA. You weren’t allowed to ever disagree, no matter how gently, because it “wasn’t nice.” They ironically tried to reduce bullying by bullying people.

    Ended up with a bunch of Karens policing each other, so I think that’s a win for all.

    • CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿@lemmy.worldEnglish
      156·
      9 months ago

      Lemmy.ml is just as bad. I suggested Nicaragua wasn’t a democratic country. Holy shit!! I got downvoted to hell, pasted left and right. Given 24hr ban.

      Then I got a 4-day ban cos I suggested “Tankies give socialists like me a bad name”. Fucking hell fire. I’m not going near any of their subs again.

      • GilgameshCatBeard@lemmy.caEnglish
        63·
        9 months ago

        I had an account that got banned from .ml for telling the kids that their meme responses to everything are childish.

        They also remove any and all comments that even politely suggest that their instance is in danger of becoming comparable to Hexbear/Lemmygrad.