I thought Beehaw aligned with my values. Turns out I was wrong. Many of us discovered we were wrong. Beehaw didn’t announce at the beginning their intent to do this. The owner changed their mind at some point and significantly altered the experience for everyone. This is the risk: the capriciousness of the instance owner.

This is compounded by the fact that defederation goes both ways. I can’t find an instance which hasn’t blocked at least some other instances. So no matter what, if I want to have access to everything (until such time as I decide to block it), I have to sign up to multiple instances. I also have to regularly check what the owners might have blocked in case I need to sign up for other instances.

I tried really hard to like it, but all in all, Lemmy has been a crappy experience.