Hey, it can be fire. Not exactly the same scenario, but 3015-era Battletech and lostech is dope as hell.

We just hit 100k users today; wasn’t it <95k users yesterday??

Tiny soapbox time: I don’t trust AirBNB hosts to actually treat for bedbugs if they get them. I figure a reputable hotel chain at least has a fighting chance of taking it seriously.

.world’s 40% growth on July 1 blew me away. Really convinced me this place will be the next Reddit in time, in the way we used to know Reddit.

The fact the user experience has gotten smoother and more responsive on top of that is just insane. Huge props to the .world team.

I apologize, you are correct; I assumed every account displayed as “[name]@[instance]” if it wasn’t native to that instance, and that every account that was just “[name]” was a native one, but it seems like some (mainly kbin.social?) accounts don’t do that.

You said yourself that Beehaw is one of the largest communities. They aren’t struggling for users, despite stricter rules and de-federation.

The pond is very small; prior to last month it was a puddle. That bar isn’t exactly high. Beehaw definitely aren’t seeing the growth that .world is today (there’s been a 40% increase in users here today alone), and I don’t doubt a large portion of that is that fewer people are directing users their way due to the defederation.

Beehaw users love it and are very supportive of the decision. The outrage seems to be entirely generated by people who aren’t members of that community

I’m not sure we are reading the same Beehaw defederation post. The top comments on the post that got linked earlier in this thread are all native Beehaw accounts either expressing frustration or saying they will leave for other instances. Judging by the replies they aren’t in the majority, but it is still a large portion of them.

EDIT: my understanding of the Lemmy UI was flawed and I was wrong. The above commenter is correct here.

but don’t pretend it’s the responsibility of Beehaw to pander to non-members.

I’m not pretending its their responsibility. Its not. They don’t owe anyone anything. I can still call them out for what I perceive as shooting themselves in the foot. Explain their motivations all you want, I understand what the Beehaw admins are trying to say, but I disagree with them and personally think this will have a longer-term negative effect on their platform than the trolls will.

I don’t mean to the growth of the fediverse is their responsibility, but I feel it is a problem that will affect them along with everyone else. Trolls are an existential threat to a safe space community, but lack of users is too.

If that was Beehaw’s issue, I’d be more sympathetic, but it isn’t. They are using it as an incredibly crude moderation tool, not because of some technical limitation.

But it does put a damper on the growth of every instance. The second people hear one of the biggest instances has cut off from the other biggest instances, they go “this fediverse thing is just too complicated!” and go to one of the centralized replacements.

You can search for communities!

https://lemmy.world/search/q/gaming/type/Communities/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/0/creator_id/0/page/1

More devices, content, and people are online than ever before, and the user experience has never been worse. It is one of the most significant advancements in human history, and its not-so-slowly going to shit because of corporate greed.

It’s Google’s right to serve ads however they want, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t call for a competitor that doesn’t treat users like garbage.