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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • I respect your philosophy and believe you should do what is best for yourself and the community. Just want to point out that by forking, you might be closing the door to allies and those who fall through the cracks due to the registration system.

    For example, I initially tried to make beehaw.org my home base, but maybe I didn’t include enough info in my registration statement, because I’m still not approved. This was what I wrote:

    “I’m signing up for Beehaw because Reddit is essentially killing the 3rd-party app I use to browse reddit (Reddit is Fun) and I refuse to use their mediocre official app. I want to join this community because it seems diverse and polite, and if Reddit is preventing me from using their site the way I’ve been doing for the last 9-ish years then I’d rather go elsewhere. As to what I can contribute, hopefully add to the conversations here and be a part of this growing community. The wonderful thing about Reddit is that for the past 9 years I’ve been a user, there was always someone who could answer my questions on virtually any topic, and sometimes the roles are flipped and I’d be lucky enough to be able to provide answers to a random stranger instead. I’ve shared mods I made for games on the site and participated in gaming and political discussions, but otherwise mostly spent my time scrolling through the news and enjoyed reading discussions on various topics. I’m sure you guys have received an influx of Reddit refugees recently, and like them I hope to make Beehaw my new home.”

    Like I said, maybe not enough info, but I believe my politics and philosophy jives with the Beehaw community. Now, getting rejected (or put in limbo) is not a big deal because I can still participate freely from lemmy.world, and most of my subscriptions are to Beehaw instances (news, politics, gaming) so in all honesty it doesn’t make a big difference. But the point is that if Beehaw was forked, then someone like me would be cut off from this community. As a minority myself and someone who considers themself an ally, I want to reiterate that you should do what you believe is best for the community and yourself. I just wanted to give my own (biased) opinion on the matter.