Active users as of June 25, 2023:
- lemmy.world (48k users): 13554
- lemmy.ml (38k users): 4582
- beehaw.org (11k users): 3743
- feddit.de (6.7k users): 2320
- sh.itjust.works (6.5k users): 2167
- lemmy.ca (3.5k users): 1082
Great to see all this growth and activity in different lemmy instances!
There still some good instances that Beehaw is federated with, but my personal issue is that it feels very fragile. If a couple of bigots show up on other instances and the mods don’t delete their posts right away, will Beehaw defederate from them? There is a line between protecting your users and barring them from accessing anything you don’t approve of, and I think they need to figure out where they stand in regards to that line. Beehaw feels more like a small forum than a piece of something bigger.
Defederating because of raiding, harassment, bots, etc is 100% understandable but it should not be done lightly.