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.

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    Honestly, if you aren’t prepared to fill out a simple text box to join the instance, I’d prefer you went somewhere else.

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      Right? If you can’t come up with a minimal answer to a very simple question, how could you possibly contribute positively in any way whatsoever here? And why would you even want to join this instance? This isn’t meant to be a shitposting low effort instance…

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      Or if you’re just going to lurk… you don’t need to make an account at all! As I did for the first week before deciding on whether or not to join, lmao

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      I actually really liked it as an exercise in reflection.

      I probably wrote too much in mine, a good full paragraph for each. They really just need to create the slightest barrier to entry to make moderating 10x easier.

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        I’ve been through a bit of an emotionally exhausting week with some personal things…

        I suspect some of that might have come through on my mini essay … uh… sorry to whoever had to read it?

        But hey I’m here so…

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          Why do you want to join Beehaw

          I just want to feel something. Even the pain of a thousand Cowbee stings. Anything. Let me in. Hurt me.