Yeah, it ultimately doesn't matter why, I just didn't realize these communities were so closed-off. Makes navigating a post-reddit reality pretty frustrating.
So it seems like a pretty good community to replace the need for reddit, but they apparently require an application to join. I'm not sure what the criteria is, but they rejected my request to join without giving a reason.
I have no clue and would like to be educated on the subject, could you possibly tell me the best place to read up on this is?