thatfuckinglinuxguy 20 points 3 years ago

I find it a bit ironic how so many people are pointing out how "growing is important to federation" specifically in reference to this... but at the same time, beehaw are one of the few sites that are against growth (as can bee seen by their requiring to get approved in order to join their server... which IMO is no better or worse than tilde's invite requirement)... and, given the timing, it would seem that they are against hosting reddit refugees in particular.

Yes, you can claim it is for keeping beehaw's site stable or curating users or plenty of other more palatable reasons. But at the end of the day, you are still turning users away. I have a lot of respect for kbin not closing its doors to new users, despite the load it is placing on their infrastructure.

Personally, I wouldn't mind one bit if kbin/beehaw were defederated from each other (not advocating for it, just saying I wouldn't care whatsoever if it happened on its own)

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Salt 20 points 3 years ago

You can be for growth and against unchecked growth. The two are not the same.

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noodlejetski 18 points 3 years ago

they're not against growth, it's just not their priority and they don't want to achieve it at any cost.

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skulblaka 14 points 3 years ago

Which, honestly, I respect. If you know you can't support growth then don't push for it. Huge props to Ernest for dealing appropriately with the growth of kbin.social but I also approve of Beehaw's approach - namely: we aren't ready for that kind of growth right now so we aren't going to let it happen.

I expect something similar will have to be put in place here at kbin as well sooner or later. Eventually we will run up against a limit of what Ernest can do being but a single man with but a single pair of hands.

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thatfuckinglinuxguy -3 points 3 years ago

You're welcome to have your own opinions. But I think actions speak louder than words

And so far, based on their actions, IMO they are being a bit elitist. They can prioritize whatever they want... But by doing so, it becomes clear that they are not interested in the users leaving reddit, so I will not pity them when those users end up elsewhere.

Then again, I am not in the "p.c. language" camp - as anyone who bothered to read my screen name can tell immediately - and am probably not in the demographic they're going for anyway.

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can -1 points 3 years ago

nevermind

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thatfuckinglinuxguy 2 points 3 years ago

If you are referring to this