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No way to create communities on Beehaw (self.support)

submitted 2 years ago by sabret00the to c/support

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When I load Lemmy.ml, the option is there even when I'm not logged in, however the option is missing from beehaw completely, why?

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[–] remington 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

All of the persons involved with the Beehaw project decided to set it up this way.

[–] sabret00the 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So doesn't that mean that beehaw isn't acting as a federated instance of lemmy but rather a walled garden?

I guess my second question is, is it possible to migrate to another instance in the same way you can do on mastodon?

[–] remington 9 points 2 years ago

So doesn’t that mean that beehaw isn’t acting as a federated instance of lemmy but rather a walled garden?

No. We are not preventing users from accessing the fediverse or the Internet as a whole.

I guess my second question is, is it possible to migrate to another instance in the same way you can do on mastodon?

I'm, fairly, certain that the answer is no.

[–] altair222 8 points 2 years ago

When i first joined beehaw i had a similar question as you, but slowly i started accessing lemmy communities from across the lemmyverse from here and realized im okay with how things are. If i wish to create a community of my own i might join another server like mander.xyz and do so.

[–] _ed@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I like the approach - keeps the instance focused, gives it direction and prevents a ton of empty abandoned communities popping up.

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[–] darylsun 6 points 2 years ago

The existing communities here on Beehaw have broad topics anyway, and cross-posting isn't allowed, so you can just choose which one is the most appropriate for your post.

If you think none of the communities here apply, maybe you can try posting to communities on other instances? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong here and it's not possible: I haven't actually tried this.)

Please consider that Lemmy is fairly niche already. Unless the topic of the community you want to create is popular enough to gain interest, it's more likely to end up dead in months.

[–] Gaywallet 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For anyone that's wondering you can always ask for a community. Several communities such as FOSS have been created as a response to demand.