I saw that this instance had a large number of users so I thought “more users->more content->more fun”. Apparently, I had to prove my value by answering 3 questions that showed my interest in their community and my value as a potential future member.
What could possibly be my value to a general purpose instance besides money? I’m a software/cloud engineer so I guess there are things I could help with, but my guess is they were expecting me to say “I can donate”.
I get it, they need donations to exist, but this upfront? And to a community I don’t even know? Maybe I’m imagining things and they were looking for something else?
Do all instances rely on donations? I’d like to contribute to the instances I enjoy at some point. But only if I feel at home with them, not as a prerequisite to join.
Beehaw does not really on donations, they are afraid of bring overrun by bots and assholes.
I didn’t need to give them a big intro, barelly anything tbh. I’m guessing you sounded or too douchy or to botty
They might be worried about their fill rate and got more strict with their applications.
I’m betting they saw his requested uname is also used on a sh.itjustworks (wherever the dots go ffs) account and that played a part, since they defederated with those guys. Just a feeling I get.
I really doubt this is the case. I have an acct on both with the same username and I’ve been pretty open about it over there.
Ah well there goes my theory lol. Thanks for the info.
Yeah, I’m on both, as well. Don’t think that’s the issue.
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Instances currently rely on donations - I haven’t seen any ads on any lemmy instance
Beehaw is just one of those instances with a very strict sign up process. I haven’t seen anyone saying they were accepted or denied due to money/donations specifically- beyond this post
Let them play in their little walled garden.
I don’t think this is about donations. Did you try registering again with more information about why you want to join?
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You keep saying this but maybe you should have just done it lmao seems like you’re just here crying, seems to me their filtering system is working
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No, they are not asking for donations lmao. They just want you to prove you’re a friendly woke inclusive person looking to make their community better with your contributions to their rules, peace, order and love and who knows what else. Just read beehaw org admins’ comments and reverse engineer their opinion and regurgitate it onto an application.
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Explicit policies are better than implicit policies. A code of conduct shouldn’t consist of unwritten rules. Maybe this is why you were rejected? It seems like you didn’t understand the purpose or content of their policies when you applied.
most servers have implicit rules, this one has explicit rules, simple as that, and they make it clear they’re a safe space unlike most others that try to look free but aren’t or are freer but get banned for allowing shit, beehaw is just clear about what it is.
You say common rules but there are many instances without those
I doubt this is about donations.
There is some stuff going on on beehaw, i am not quite sure about the details but essentially they defederated with some other big instances.
This means that they can no longer interact with those instances. And those instances can also not interact with communities on beehaw.
They can interact with other instances but are shielded from every comment and possibly even votes caused by defederated instances.
I believe this is a temporary trend that some instances are doing to protect their communities till better moderation tools exist. Not allowing new people in might be a part of that, Personally i am not a fan of this strategy but apparently current beehaw users are content with this.
I am on the fmhy instance myself, as far as i know we are not defederated with anyone so all of lemmy (including communities on beehaw) are open for me to see and interact with.
You’re defederated from lemmygrad but that’s it.
And only three have defederated from you
Interesting, i wonder whet the reasons where.
Piracy?
Thats my only guess. Bit strange though, there where piracy subs on R and i have yet to see any direct links to copyrighted material.
If they squerm at even the thought of obtaining copies of digital goods licensed by mega corporations without inconveniencing their vast profits then Arre have nottin to say to them but will share(!) my shanty “ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4 “
What were the three questions?
What is your name? What is your favourite colour? What is the average air speed of an unladen swallow?
Why are you signing up at Beehaw? What is it about this community that makes you want to join it? What do you want to contribute to this community?
There is also a request to read at least one of three posts that detail the moderation/general philosophy of the instance to a) evaluate it’s a place you actually want to participate in, and b) inform your answers.
Basically, go to beehaw.org and read some of the content you see there, learn a little bit about how they approach things, then make your case.
I believe they want to limit troll and bot accounts. I know that if I were hosting a community I would want to vet the members so that I didn’t have to spend all my time dealing with compliants and having to delete comments and ban people.
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Better a weak filter than none at all, I guess. They’re not some multi-billion dollar corporation with the means to assign a lot of funds for spam mitigation.
This.
It’s like that with many instances. They ask you to fill out a form, answer questions or something similar to make sure you’re not some spam-bot. That’s it.
Dawg even my clg didn’t ask this much… they saw that I passed my 12 class exam, and asked for a 10k INR to block seat(private education here is a bit like that)
Should’ve probably asked them. They are trying to be a more curated community. You are expected to read and obviously follow the rules, and reflect that in your short application text.
If it’s not for you that’s obviously fine. Just like it’s 100% within their rights to not want you. Don’t make a big deal out of it.
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It’s not about money. They do have a particular take on running their instance than most open general-use instances. You can read about that and their rationale and decisions and decide whether it is for you.
Informed by that, you might then decide if beehaw is for you or not. If beehaw is for you, talk about why you are joining in particular regards to gelling with their particular philosophy.
It’s quite obvious not what you think about as many pointed out, that being said, an overly regulated instance is boring IMO.
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Yeah I’m finding beehaw a great, very active community. They’re doing something right.
If beehaw sounds like a place you’d like definitely try again. They’ve just been swamped.
What could possibly be my value to a general purpose instance besides money?
Providing pleasant interaction and posting content in line with the rules?
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This your first day on the internet? There’s plenty of shit people looking to nefariously invade spaces meant for other people.
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They want to limit low quality bot and troll accounts, wich i see being controversial for some, however its their instances.
beehaw is a little more restrictive than other instances, not about money but about political alignment, they’re making sure you’re not being employed by some troll farm to tell everyone you don’t like the gays or dogwhistle terf shit
