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?

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    9 months ago

    I have an account with beehaw. It’s my favorite place on the internet. I think most of us are happy with the way it has panned out. Some discussion here and there of potentially leaving activitypub altogether. If it happens, I will follow. If it doesn’t I will stay. Beehaw is too special for those of us it speaks to and works for. I don’t see it dying anytime soon, that’s for sure.

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        9 months ago

        It’s nice to know that the odds of encountering bots, trolls, and bigots are incredibly low. Yes, there is less content, but it’s the only place I don’t have to scroll passed vitriol and misinformation regularly. It’s wonderful.

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      Yeah, my time on Beehaw is almost always pleasant. I really love seeing people arguing in the comments of a post and inevitably after a few exchanges they go out of their way to de-escalate tensions and recognize each other as people. Real conversations, real differing of opinions, but maintaining respect for people.