There are different opinions on Beehaw’s registration process. I kind of see how some people would find it dissuasive, specially after most of us are coming from Reddit. But I still think it’s very practical, at least for the time being.
Btw, this is only my opinion as a new user, I don’t know any of the admins/mods. Link to my original comment.
Regulation of user registration and defederation are key to the fediverse, not against its purpose.
The purpose of the fediverse isn’t to be a replacement for any centralised social media, it’s to be a safe alternative free of corporations and bad actors (who are isolated in their own servers). If you just wanted a Reddit 2.0 maybe a centralised alternative would have been better for you.
Isn’t the decentralization like the entire point? Your two points go hand in hand, I think.
Reddit is centralized. The Fediverse (however you choose to access it) is decentralized.
You will never find a Reddit replacement here.