It should be noted somewhere on the login screen, maybe with an asterisk, that beehaw.org is not fully federated, restricted, however it needs to be termed.

  • awdsns@lemmy.world
    8·
    1 year ago

    Since account creation does not happen in the app, but requires visiting the instance’s home page, where registration requirements, federation status and other peculiarities are plainly visible, I don’t think this belongs in the app.

    • CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah. I feel like a lot of instances must have at least one other instance blocked. A tech focused instance for example might not want to federate with a political alt right instance. An asterisk wouldn’t mean much

  • foggenbooty@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    No one is ever “fully federated”. Even Lemmy.world most likely blocks some spam/nafarious instances. It would be tough to define what fully federated would mean.

    I think the better approach would be a message telling you when you’re trying to engage with an instance that isn’t federated to you.

  • lettruthout@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, and they seem to no longer be accepting new registrations. For the past two days their count has been at 36,185.

    POST-CAFFEINATED EDIT: that’s lemmy.ml that seems to be locked, beehaw gained about 1,000 (lemmy.world added more than 7,000 during the same time.)

    Current counts from: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

    • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
      62·
      1 year ago

      They’re defederating with instances left and right. And pushing for mod tools for the communities hosted on the instance but for users from other instances. They seem more interested in sculpting a walled garden with the illusion of agreeableness.