I think that is currently already in the process of happening. The reactions to the announcement from Beehaw users can generally be split into ~~2~~ 3 categories:

Support, we should keep our communities insular
Neutral, I support whatever the admins decide
Opposition, I'm leaving to an instance that isn't insular

EDIT: Added neutral, because on reflection there were quite a few posts like that

This means they are already self-selecting for insularity, which means the resulting userbase is very likely to want this "temporary" solution to become a permanent one.

This isn't necessarily an issue: if the userbase is happy with their insular nature and are comfortable with it, and it's clearly signposted on the sign-up, then after some network healing where we build communities separate from Beehaw everybody gets what they want

[–] zalack@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also not an either or. You can want to be part of Beehaw to have a close-knit home base while also singing up for other instances to bop around on.

[–] Quill7513@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Sup. I'm doing that. It's working pretty well for me. I recommend it to anyone who wants to participate in the communities on beehaw but also wants the very permissive pattern, particularly if you have a favorite community here or on lemmy.world. I see plenty of people who are upset that they really liked a community on beehaw and now because their instance is defederated they can't go there, but consider that that community was the way that it was because of decisions made about moderation