Transparency on an issue with denied applications

3 years ago by Gaywallet (they/it) to c/support

Hey everyone

We recently discovered that the end-user experience around denied applications is a bit confusing and perhaps in need of some work. As best as we can tell, if we deny an application there is no notification nor a reason displayed to the person who's been denied. We don't want this experience happening to anyone we deny (it's not particularly nice to ghost people!) and we expect that many of the denied applications are great people who are just in a hurry and not writing enough for us to assess if they're a fit for our ethos, so we wanted to make this post for anyone who tried to register and is confused about what happened or anyone still yet to register.

When registering, please answer the questions in full as it helps us to understand if you'd be a good fit here. We created a post in lemmy support to get some clarification on this issue, but we're not sure how long it will take to resolve or what changes we may need to do to our process.

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frogman 12 points 3 years ago

i didn't fully understand that there was an application system, do you mean the "why beehaw" question on the sign-up page? šŸ‘€

i didn't add an email either but i feel like i missed some steps cause there wasn't exactly a questionnaire. i just pressed sign up, went to the bathroom, then signed in and it was all good.

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Gaywallet 19 points 3 years ago

Yes this is referring to the questions asked when signing up. Because we've grown a lot in the last few days we're now being more selective on who we approve to ensure people are in tune with our ethos. This means we revised the questions and are looking more closely at how people are responding.

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frogman 10 points 3 years ago

thanks for clarifying

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ericjmorey 8 points 3 years ago

I'm just happy I got in before the bar was raised

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foopo666 1 point 3 years ago

Explains why I (I think? Since I don't get any message) got rejected. I know you guys have to be restrictive for various reasons but it might stifle growth in the long run since the average lurker is unlikely to write whole sentences for why they wanna join. Just my two cents.

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Zak 4 points 3 years ago

You are posting from beehaw and this post is about kbin.social, a different server running different (but interoperable) software.

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Lionir 20 points 3 years ago

This post is actually about Beehaw, I am confused.

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