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Anyone Else Noticing Increasingly Conservative Commentary from Outside Instances? (self.askbeehaw)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by millie to c/askbeehaw

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In the past few weeks I feel like I've seen a lot more conservative comments being posted on Beehaw. Where before it seemed like occasionally some dazed right-winger would wander through now and then, it now seems a bit more like they specifically show up to any thread that brushes up against one of their pet issues.

The most recent example I've noticed is around the stuff with the Ladybird devs being weird about being asked to use inclusive pronouns, but it seems like a pattern.

Has anyone else noticed this? Any thoughts on a course of action other than blocking them all individually or reporting particularly grievous examples?

I really would be disappointed to see every single thread here slowly inundated with pettiness and hate.

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[–] Lionir 16 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Honestly, I agree. I've cleaned up the thread a bit but it still seems pretty nasty.

I've personally had the opinion that we should go for a more isolationist approach with an allow-list when we move away from Lemmy and into Sublinks. I think it's worth trying.

Personally, I really wish we could have an invite system, I feel like it'd be better than asking a friend to fill a form - that feels a bit rough. It would also encourage word of mouth and organic growth imo. And people tend to have likeminded friends so it would probably help form culture.

As a side note, I think we need some new blood in moderation teams, I think some people have moved on.

[–] UngodlyAudrey 10 points 4 months ago

I've always favored a smaller pool of federated servers. I know it sounds gatekeepy, but I'd go as far as not federating with any server that doesn't require an application to join. There's not that many Beeple, and it wouldn't take very much for someone hostile to our ideals to overwhelm us with sheer numbers. Just adding that little bit of friction should help immensely for maintaining our culture.

Of course, I don't expect this sentiment would be too popular, after all, there's a large contingent of users who want the biggest Threadiverse they can get. Furthermore, we'd get cut off from a bunch of communities if we did this. Perhaps we could consider a few more in house communities should we decide to go more isolationist.

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