I’m just some dude observing this space and migrating from reddit - but I looked at Beehaw when all of this started and I immediately thought it was an idea begging to turn into the internet version of Animal Farm. If the goal is to moderate and ban based not on what is said, but on the interpretation of what someone thinks was said or implied…in a straight text based communication medium…?
That’s a problem waiting to happen.
If there are interesting things happening there - and I never tried to join so I couldn’t say - I think they may well become an echo chamber full of cliques.
I don’t know what this space will turn into, but I personally like the idea of a semi open ended reboot.
It’s a recurring fediverse issue - Mastodon has it too. Basically, there are levels of blocking at various points in the hierarchy and you block or get blocked to your tolerance zone. This means that certain norms get squashed(and there are some reasonable concerns about who this helps), but it also tends to self-moderate to the conversations people want to engage with. The “invasive free-speech” instances of Mastodon tend to end up isolated, but it can also be hard to get situated and find an instance and follows you’re happy with.
Something I’m looking forward to with the forum model being added to the mix is a greater ability to browse for organized discussions.
I’m just some dude observing this space and migrating from reddit - but I looked at Beehaw when all of this started and I immediately thought it was an idea begging to turn into the internet version of Animal Farm. If the goal is to moderate and ban based not on what is said, but on the interpretation of what someone thinks was said or implied…in a straight text based communication medium…?
That’s a problem waiting to happen.
If there are interesting things happening there - and I never tried to join so I couldn’t say - I think they may well become an echo chamber full of cliques.
I don’t know what this space will turn into, but I personally like the idea of a semi open ended reboot.
It’s a recurring fediverse issue - Mastodon has it too. Basically, there are levels of blocking at various points in the hierarchy and you block or get blocked to your tolerance zone. This means that certain norms get squashed(and there are some reasonable concerns about who this helps), but it also tends to self-moderate to the conversations people want to engage with. The “invasive free-speech” instances of Mastodon tend to end up isolated, but it can also be hard to get situated and find an instance and follows you’re happy with.
Something I’m looking forward to with the forum model being added to the mix is a greater ability to browse for organized discussions.