• Elyssa@beehaw.org
    3·
    3 years ago

    All I put was “I like bees and to yeehaw proudly”. Its probably just a way to filter out bot accounts.

    • Wintermute@lemmy.villa-straylight.social
      1·
      3 years ago

      I think things have tightened up a lot over there in the last 5 or so days. I don’t even remember what I put (definitely nothing more substantial than yours) and I have an account over there of similar to age. People who have tried to sign up more recently have mentioned being rejected after multiple serious looking responses.

      • Ataraxia@lemmy.world
        0·
        3 years ago

        Lol people treating it like a cover letter hahahah! For the instances I joined I just said one or two sentences of what I wanted out of it.

        • Nythos@lemmy.mlEnglish
          0·
          3 years ago

          All I said was that I was a Reddit refugee and why I use this name seemed to work fine for me

  • MerylasFalguard@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    I almost made a Beehaw account since I saw a bunch of the communities I wanted to join were on there and it kept logging me out when I went to them.

    I managed to figure it out after seeing that making an account there needs an essay. So I guess I’m just gonna stay based here, waiting to see if and when kbin opens itself up to the rest of the fediverse (since I joined there first but came here when I saw that kbin is currently blocking itself off from everyone else, which is exactly what I didn’t want when making the jump from Reddit to the fediverse).

    • bobbysq@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 years ago

      You can still follow Beehaw communities (or ones on any other instance) from this instance, you just have to view them from lemmy.world. If you check the “all” tab under “communities” you should be able to see some of them and also search for them.

    • weepingSpright@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 years ago

      I have a Beehaw account and an account here (I know I know, sorry, but I like having 2 accounts to keep certain things separate). I think I wrote like 2 sentences and got accepted in 5 minutes.

      • dustedhands@lemmy.world
        0·
        3 years ago

        I don’t think multiple accounts are a problem unless you’re sockpuppeting, upvoting yourself or doing anything similar.

        • weepingSpright@lemmy.world
          0·
          3 years ago

          Yeah no, I’m ethical. I don’t interact with myself online, just use to it try to stay anonymous if I use one account to sometimes share more personal things.

  • CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one
    2·
    3 years ago

    I picked lemmy.one at random. Somewhat reduced features for some reason, but otherwise functional. I’m not really clear on what the advantages and disadvantages of any give instance might be.

  • Bothaniel@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    You don’t have to write an essay. I literally just wrote “because I’m leaving reddit” and got in a couple days later. Makes sense that approval times may be longer with more people leaving. But, I agree it is a bit much. I use Lemmy.world too just because I didn’t want to initially wait a couple days to be approved.

    • totallynotsocsa@beehaw.org
      0·
      3 years ago

      I got my first attempt on beehaw rejected because I said I was a reddit refugee. Apparently that means I cannot have that user name at all now.

        • totallynotsocsa@beehaw.org
          0·
          3 years ago

          Yeah I assume that’s the case, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. They seem busy these days. Still, everyone was like “just write you are a reddit refugee” and that definitely didn’t work.

          • Haatveit@beehaw.org
            0·
            3 years ago

            Probably comes down to beehaw specifically stating “we are not a reddit replacement and don’t intend to be”. Doesn’t mean redditors aren’t allowed obviously, but if your reason for wanting to join is stated as “i want reddit” with no more context then it makes sense.

          • aponigricon@beehaw.org
            0·
            3 years ago

            They explicitly told me in Matrix to not write that, so I just wrote two paragraphs summarizing the two posts they linked in the application guide.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
      0·
      3 years ago

      I also wrote something like that and i was approved in like ten minutes. But it was around the 8th of June, before the user explosion

  • Monkeyhog@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    I signed up for Lemmy.world, because not having downvotes is stupid and leads to a shitty community.

    • Andreas@feddit.dk
      3·
      3 years ago

      Ironic that three people downvoted this. But I agree, a “no downvotes” rule is designed to avoid disagreement and conflict, which is impossible on a public forum without extremely restricted expression. If the point is to be always be nice, why not disable open commenting and make users select their replies from a list of canned positive comments. 100% safety and positivity.

      • LurkyMcLurkface@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        3 years ago

        I’m torn on the whole no downvote button thing (I missed that when I signed up), but you can be still nice while having a discussion and disagreeing with people.

        I would argue that the downvote button can lead to exactly what you are describing though, no disagreement or conflict.
        Someone posts a unpopular opinion, a bunch of users downvote it to hell and poof!, no discussion or exchange of ideas. Just out of mind, out of sight.

        • Andreas@feddit.dkEnglish
          1·
          3 years ago

          That’s only true if there is a downvote threshold that automatically hides downvoted comments, which I don’t think Lemmy has implemented. I agree that downvoting can be used to censor and avoid discussion, but the justification for removing downvotes on Beehaw is something like “keeping a positive environment with no negativity from disliking” rather than making sure users have to voice their disagreements and not just smash the blue red arrow like cowards.

          • LurkyMcLurkface@beehaw.orgEnglish
            0·
            3 years ago

            Yeah, I think we are pretty much in agreement. We will see how the instances without downvoting turns out over time. Thats the beauty of federated services I guess, its just a small part of the whole ecosystem.

        • Gort@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 years ago

          There are issues with both sides of the down button debate, but I’m more for it than against.

          For a different take on the downvote button, yesterday I put a post up on a technical thread. I hadn’t really read properly what the discussion was about, so my post wasn’t really helpful even if well intentioned. I only noticed when I got a couple of downvotes. I looked again at my post, then at the OP, then realised my error. Eventually I deleted my post. So, in that instance, I found the downvote helpful to myself as well as for the rest of the thread: make sure I read the OP carefully. ;-)

          • LurkyMcLurkface@beehaw.orgEnglish
            0·
            3 years ago

            In this case a reply informing you about the missunderstanding would also work. My hope is that one of the people downvoting will take the time to do that when there is no downvote button.

    • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
      0·
      3 years ago

      I do kinda wonder if beehaw actually has downvotes not do anything for comment ranking and such, or if they just hid the button for it’s users. Because I can still see a downvote button on beehaw communities, being from a different instance, and I often notice comments on that instance that do have a downvote or two, which seems to imply that it does actually record and send data about downvotes from other users

      • parlaptie@feddit.de
        1·
        3 years ago

        Disabling downvotes is a feature in the lemmy software afaik, but apparently it affects the users on that instance rather than its communities, which certainly seems like it should be the other way around.

      • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
        0·
        3 years ago

        Yes, beehaw one of them.

        Maybe when they were a bunch of users it might have been a good idea to prevent brigading, but imho now that there is 1000x user activity it’s needed. I already saw the first spambots posting spam for meds…

        • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
          0·
          3 years ago

          Only one user has to report the spam and then it’ll be deleted by a mod. I think that’s a good system as well.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    I went through the application process on Beehaw and they never got back to me, so it seems the answers I wrote weren’t satisfactory.

    That’s okay.

    I’m fine right here.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      “Ok great! This is looking good so far. So, all we need now I 3 professional references and a personal reference or two, and we’re all set here.”

      -lemmy world probably

        • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
          0·
          3 years ago

          That picture melted my heart!

          I went through similar nonsense, at a pet shop. Even had to get the landlord’s letter of approval (despite a cat being approved on the lease agreement, which I brought with me), an “attestation of responsibility” from my parents (with which I haven’t lived for years at that point), and enter a 15-day waiting period as they review my application. Complete BS. Went to the pound and got one same day with none of that nonsense, for much less money, and prevented him from being euthanized later that same week. I did have to sign some agreement that stated that I will always treat the cat with care and compassion, and that if I didn’t want him in the future that I will return him to the pound and not let him free (all things that were a ‘given’ to me, but I guess they had issues in the past). I miss that little hooligan (RIP).

          The other cat from the pet shop got adopted / purchased within a few days, too, so it really was a win-win-win situation.

  • Faresh@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    For those having problems with applications, I think I remember having problems in the past due to .ml TLD often being blocked my mail servers, due to being used by SPAMmers and other evil-doers. Maybe those awaiting for a reply should look into the SPAM folder if they have one.

    Also, essays aren’t needed. You just have to show you aren’t a bot or troll and actually want to be on the instance. 3 (three) or 4 (four) sentences in my experience should be enough.

  • duckles77@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    Those of us who did write an essay still haven’t heard anything back yet, so don’t feel like you’re missing anything for being lazy.

    • Tony_Pepperoni@beehaw.org
      0·
      3 years ago

      I wrote two or three sentences I think, got accepted quickly. Maybe they’re dealing with an influx of applications.

      • coldredlight@beehaw.org
        1·
        3 years ago

        From what I’ve heard, there’s thousands of applications they are working through so it may take a bit to get caught up.

      • duckles77@lemmy.world
        0·
        3 years ago

        I’m guessing. I’ve been waiting 2 days on anything from Beehaw. Meanwhile, signing up on lemmy.world took 10 seconds.

        • Tony_Pepperoni@beehaw.org
          0·
          3 years ago

          Did you try subscribing instead? Once you sign up for one instance, you don’t have to sign up for another. I only signed up for beehaw.

          • duckles77@lemmy.world
            1·
            3 years ago

            I plan on subbing to the things on beehaw that I like. I just liked the concept of their community so I wanted to sign up there. That didn’t work out though.

      • Aradina [They/Them]@lemmy.ml
        0·
        3 years ago

        I wrote three sentences too, got approved within 12 hours. I assume people writing essays are going to take longer since someone has to read it.

    • IHawkMike@beehaw.org
      0·
      3 years ago

      FYI I never got any email and thought I was rejected/pending too. But I signed in the next day and it worked. So it might just be the notifications that aren’t going out. Also I only had to write like one sentence.

    • rowdy@lemmy.ml
      0·
      3 years ago

      I registered at lemmy.ml, on 6/9. Wrote a sentence or 2 per question. Never heard anything back by email but I tried logging in the next day and I was in. Either they aren’t sending emails or something is broken with the mail flow. Either way took me less than 5 minutes to say I wasn’t a complete fuck and was looking to move away from Reddit. Actually this response might be longer than what I wrote to register lol

      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
        0·
        3 years ago

        Lemmy.ca has email optional, so I didn’t add one (might later). I answered the questions, tried to log in 15 or 30 minutes later, and here I am. I’d be unsurprised if there are a few people waiting g for their approval notifications who didn’t actually provide one.

        Also, there was a bug that affected email notifications or something? I remember seeing something like that when I joined last weekend.

  • Luca@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    I signed up for beehaw initially, got in, but wasn’t a fan of some of their rules and how they police speech in their community.

    All good, I can still view and participate in their comments, but Lemmy.world had more of the vibe i was looking for

    • CountZero@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 years ago

      I tried to sign up for beehaw 2 days ago, but still haven’t been approved. I guess my statement about wanting to discuss science and philosophy and videogames wasn’t good enough :(

    • bmoney@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 years ago

      ya im just figuring out all this but the fact i can still see and post on the beehaw instance makes lemmy.world the jammy on day one. people commenting and shit

      i still dont really understand it but its social media and im feeding my addiction.

  • seeCseas@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    I like lemmy.world so far - relatively neutral admins, no weird stuff like disabling downvotes, you can create communities and post nsfw!

  • Flickertail@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 years ago

    Yeah I originally created an account at beehaw.org before coming over to lemmy.world. The main reason I moved was because I wasn’t a fan of the fact I couldn’t freely create new communities over there (and I don’t think you can create communities on other instances?), but also just ~vibes~.

    To be fair, this is actually kinda great to see - it’s one of the strengths of this federated system. The folks that run these instances are being pretty generous already to just let us talk and share whatever the heck we want, and it’s perfectly reasonable for a host to want to be selective about who they let use their resources.

    • Master@lemmy.world
      01·
      3 years ago

      I have accounts on a few different communities. Mostly because there is no real way to know how the community is until you start interacting with it and it starts interacting with with other communities.

      Beehaw is nice because they are actually trying to cultivate a friendly community and moderate a lot of the trash out. But also… sometimes you dont want that hand holding…

      • GraceGH@beehaw.org
        0·
        3 years ago

        I’m on beehaw mostly because I don’t want my lemmy experience to mirror my reddit experience: ie getting into 10 comment arguments with bigots over things like “trans people deserve to live” or “art is inherently political”. I’ve had enough of that for a lifetime.

  • Herb@lemmy.world
    0·
    3 years ago

    I wrote 1 sentence and was accepted.

    TIL people think 1 sentence constitutes an essay.