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My understanding is that it’s because Lemmy is lacking some moderation/admin utilities. Basically, a few of their members are getting threatened with violence or something and the only way to stop them getting messages sent to them is to de-federate (at least for a little while).
Their goal is to make their members feel safe. With federation, it’s not like you can just report a user and expect the admins to all act similarly—different instances and all.
Edit: As mentioned below I forgot a key point: They intend to re-federate once the tools are in place. This is temporary.
they have mentioned that they plan to refederate in the future when tools are available
I mean there was a crybaby community squatter today right here on lemmy world who created an account to load up thousands of garbage named communities and try to get them on the Trending board after being banned for breaking the rules.
That’s probably the kind of trash person Beehaw is trying to keep from ruining the experience there.