You don't have to write an essay. I literally just wrote "because I'm leaving reddit" and got in a couple days later. Makes sense that approval times may be longer with more people leaving. But, I agree it is a bit much. I use Lemmy.world too just because I didn't want to initially wait a couple days to be approved.

[–] totallynotsocsa@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I got my first attempt on beehaw rejected because I said I was a reddit refugee. Apparently that means I cannot have that user name at all now.

[–] aponigricon@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hm, that's definitely not true. Just ask the admins to remove that user and let you try again.

[–] totallynotsocsa@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah I assume that's the case, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. They seem busy these days. Still, everyone was like "just write you are a reddit refugee" and that definitely didn't work.

[–] aponigricon@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

They explicitly told me in Matrix to not write that, so I just wrote two paragraphs summarizing the two posts they linked in the application guide.

[–] Haatveit@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Probably comes down to beehaw specifically stating "we are not a reddit replacement and don't intend to be". Doesn't mean redditors aren't allowed obviously, but if your reason for wanting to join is stated as "i want reddit" with no more context then it makes sense.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

I also wrote something like that and i was approved in like ten minutes. But it was around the 8th of June, before the user explosion