I am theoretically switching over from Reddit to Lemmy. Finding myself spending more time on Lemmy than on Reddit. Maybe it’s because I am limited to using the desktop and can’t aimlessly browse Reddit on my iPhone. Of late, the only subreddits I cared for were on sports and their matchday threads and r/watches. I found myself aimlessly browsing through r/AskReddit and asking and answering pointless questions.
Beehaw is not fully defederated, they’re just blocking instances with lax account creation policies. Weakly secured instances are allowing a lot of bot and spammer accounts. With the explosive growth it’s actually a big problem for Lemmy (and the Fediverse). They’re going to have to come up with tools and policies to keep this from happening. Otherwise it could wreck the user experience.
If you want access to !gaming@beehaw.org, simply sign on to an instance that is not blocked, mine is not (lemm.ee). You can look at instances that are allowed and blocked on any instance by selecting the Instances link bottom of the page.