It could be how you’re searching - I always pull the full link (https://lemmy.robotra.sh/c/springfieldil) and put that in the search. It looks like you should be able to do the same, as I was able to reach the community this way.

I would try to remember that we are in fact trying to form a safe space here which does include a number of cis men. I don’t want to invalidate your experiences at all, because some people are shitty people and as humans we tend to notice patterns, but your initial comment was rather callous toward people who haven’t done anything wrong.

That said, I appreciate this elaboration and clarification of your intent. When it’s always the same kind of people knocking you down, it can be hard not to make an immediate judgment of someone who has similar qualities and I can understand where you’re coming from even if I don’t agree. If every cat I ever met scratched me, the friendliest cat in the world is going to be viewed with suspicion. Just please try to remember that generalizations like that aren’t really nice to those they are directed at.

This post from a few days ago has a few suggestions you could check out: https://beehaw.org/post/573948

The only instances affected are lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works. The defederation from them means we can’t access them and they can’t access us. Other instances are still able to be accessed.

Not quite - this means Beehaw can no longer access lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works, and they can no longer access beehaw. It goes both ways.

Let’s contain reddit/spez memes within the megathread please. This isn’t inviting discussion that wouldn’t be better had there. Thanks!

https://beehaw.org/post/576904

I’m pretty sure most of us are still learning the platform, and the defederation is certainly adding to the list of things to figure out as a user. I’d rather people ask than just silently wonder. :)

While it’s not the easiest to sort through, the Instances list at the bottom of the page shows every instance we’re federated with and those that are blocked. This will always show what you do and don’t have access to through your Beehaw account (or through your account on another instance should you sign up elsewhere). Direct link if it’s easier: https://beehaw.org/instances

Yes, new instances usually automatically federate with everything. From what I’ve heard, there are “default” blocklists being maintained as far as what you might choose to block by default (so you don’t have to go through the growing pains yourself if you don’t want) or they could decide to whitelist instances which would then affect federation. And, as seen here, they can also defederate from any instance at any time if they feel the need.

If you’re running your own instance, of course, you’re the one calling the shots so you make those decisions and can federate with everything if that’s what you want.

This is exactly correct. Defederation means that information is no longer flowing between the two instances, so new posts and comments on either instance will not be visible to the other.

I highly recommend reviewing this post from Gaywallet: https://beehaw.org/post/107014. Specifically, the Spirit of Beehaw and What is (and isn’t) Beehaw. These sections go into what I paraphrased above at length, if you want the admin’s full thoughts.

The admins have taken a stance where this should be a safe space and those being insulted/harassed/discriminated against are welcome to respond in kind. The most important part is to report it so the mods/admins can review and take action as needed.

While it may not be nice to tell nazi punks to fuck off, it will ultimately make for a nicer community if they do - we don’t mind community members saying “hey, this isn’t cool” in whatever manner they feel necessary.

I’m in complete agreement. When I joined Beehaw, I didn’t think much of the lack of downvotes - “oh, cool, sounds good.” It’s definitely made it easier to want to interact with the community (as someone partial to lurking) and I’ve come to appreciate that they’re disabled on this instance. Glad to see others are in agreement.

Oh man, MLIA and FML were staples of my internet browsing once upon a time.

Might be timing then, since it loaded for me immediately - you got the request going and then it was ready when I searched.

I know the Lemmy devs have a huge load of things to focus on with the current (unexpected) influx of users, but hopefully this is something they’ll work on improving somewhere down the line so it will be smoother or at least say it’s still searching so you don’t think it failed

I think the easiest way is to take the link for the post you want to interact with (so https://lemmy.ml/post/1181103) and put it in the search (the spyglass to the left of your username). I just tested it and this should pull up the post so you can interact with it on Beehaw.

Reminder that if you don’t see anything, give it a few minutes to pull the information and then try again. Instances we haven’t interacted with before can take a minute since the information needs to be pulled.

I think it’s just how the different instances interact. If you click the search icon (spyglass) to the left of your name and enter “!trees@sh.itjust.works” and click search, you should see this post and the community you’re looking for. Sometimes you have to search and then wait for the beehaw instance to pull the information in order for the community to show up, so give it a few minutes and try again if you search for a different community and don’t see anything.

For local, I’ve been using new and new comments personally. I’ve been browsing the way I used to browse Reddit though, which is a lot, and haven’t branched out much, so that may change.

Just letting you know I appreciate your question because the answers are going to help me out, too. Many of us are learning how to use Lemmy, there are no stupid questions.

This is correct. You would need to create a community on another instance that allows anyone to do so, as only admins can create new communities on Beehaw and they aren’t planning to add more at this time.