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this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
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I replied to another user, but I'm sharing it in a main reply to add my voice to the base level comments.
I want a safe place to be, while looking out into a wider sea of content (albeit through the filter of Beehaw’s defederation, which I really appreciate). When the trolls and the assholes get too much, I like to be able to retreat back to just
Localfeed setting and be safe again. If beehaw was to be a separate platform, I’d lose that.Beehaw is a shining beacon in an ocean of content, good and bad. I’d love that beacon to remain, so more people can find safety here if they need it.
As a fellow Beehaw local, ditto. Would definitely be a shame, even if I can appreciate why it's being considered.
I do think the potential federation to build a unified alternative to centralised megacorps with freedom of movement for users is well worth the cost, and Beehaw leaving the party erodes that, but ultimately what will hit me on a day to day will be the loss of the usage pattern described above.
I agree with this entirely, but I think the missing context is the mental health of our admins. Not to mention the sheer number of hours of unpaid labor they do, they are subjected to some heinous things. I don't want them to sacrifice themselves for us. I will follow beehaw if they leave, I already have another lemmy account to see a wider scope of the fediverse, but beehaw is too special to abandon.
I certainly agree that the beehaw admins shouldn't be sacrificing themselves or their health in order to support the platform - if the continued federation of beehaw has that cost, then federation must be sacrificed first.
However, I do think that there are other paths forward between "admins sacrifice themselves" and "beehaw is off the fedi" and I wanted to share my hopes and voice <3
Totally agreed!