Honestly, I wholeheartedly support this move. For a couple of (obviously subjective) reasons:
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Lemmy/kbin isn't ready. If Beehaw staff were able to fork their own version of the base code with their moderation etc. design preferences in mind, this would be another thing -- though even then it might not be enough to be worth it with the headache of fediverse moderation.
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Closed system/community is more personal, hence more productive and less noisy. At least before it outgrows itself.
What I'd hope but is also more work and potentially creates conflicts, is that the new platform provides good moderation logging etc. Which I think is key feature to ensure trust and self policing.
I wonder when the individual is going to be held responsible for their actions instead of the system. It's all fucked.
If Bezos was responsible instead of Amazon for making people piss themselves during their shift, things would change a lot faster.