If say, someone in Beehaw wanted to interact with Lemmy.World, they’d have to make an account on Lemmy.World or some other instance that hasn’t defederated

I totally get the sentiment (I’m coming from reddit, I’ve interacted with these people) but let it go. The dicks can have reddit. From what little time I’ve spent here, Lemmy seems so much more civil and respectful, and I think we should do everything we can to keep that positive energy flowing.

Reddit going to shit is disappointing, but since we’ve got a great alternative here there’s no need to remain emotionally invested.

My understanding from the announcement post was because those are two large instances with open registration, and they want to be able to better vet new users to make sure they’re not trolls