There are different opinions on Beehaw’s registration process. I kind of see how some people would find it dissuasive, specially after most of us are coming from Reddit. But I still think it’s very practical, at least for the time being.
Btw, this is only my opinion as a new user, I don’t know any of the admins/mods. Link to my original comment.
I’m not complaining, but it did feel like an interview to me. But that’s just my anxiety talking. I haven’t gotten logged in yet, but I’ve heard there’s a backlog of accounts to get through that have been approved. High volume of applications causing issues, I’m guessing. But I don’t think the three questions is a bad thing for beehaw to require. If you can’t be bothered to put in that little amount of effort, then you probably won’t actively contribute, with comments or posts, so what will you bring to the community? Or if people give negative/troll answers, it keeps them out.