I like that the admins have decided on quality over quantity when it comes to communities. For example, there is only one gaming community instead of breaking everyone into several smaller subsets. It increases interaction and exposes you to other subtopics that might spark your interest.
I hope moving forward they continue with this approach!
I’m enjoying it so far. I do think it encourages more discussion and a greater variety of topics and opinions in one place (less of a hive mind).
As the platform grows, some communities will probably end up splitting up into more specific / popular areas. Hopefully that will happen naturally though, when those breakout-communities are big enough to sustain themselves and keep things interesting.
But for now at least, Beehaw’s definitely got the right idea. :)