I saw this discussion brought up on a different thread and I though I’d get some more opinions on the matter.

The Beehaw community guidelines describe a place that’s meant to be safe, friendly and encourages people to discuss their ideas in good faith. For the most part I feel like this community lives up to that; users of this instance are generally thoughtful with their responses. However, I don’t feel like that level of quality extends to the users who post from other instances. Responses from those users are more likely to pendantic, overly argumentative, and unhelpful.

Now I may just be an elitist fuck so I’d like to hear your opinions on this. Does Beehaw benefit from federation? Do the community guidelines even matter if they don’t apply to many of the people who engage with this instance? Am I just looking for a reason to complain?

EDIT: This post isn’t a request for Beehaw to defederate btw. I just wanted to discuss the negatives of federation and what we can do to alleviate them :)

      • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Thanks! I think I’ve been trained by other platforms to expect some kind of defensive response almost every time I post something. It’s something I’ve been trying to unlearn.

        • bubblefizzpop@beehaw.orgEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          I definitely understand that feeling and text can be really hard to interpret. When I read your first reply I finished the first sentence and braced myself because I was immediately preparing for it to be accusatory or something and I was so pleasantly surprised. Good luck out there and stay safe. /gen