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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by DAEMON@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

By "or anything" do you mean no captcha or application as well? Because lemmy.ml and reddthat.com both make use of those.

Having totally open sign-ups is risky, as most instances learned the hard way last summer.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately spammers and bots ruined that for a lot of people. I used to allow that but spammers created 10,000 accounts in a few minutes

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah I'd love to not require email, but it's just not an option

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think LemmyNSFW does not?

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Their method of stopping spam is to just manually review every new account. Make their mods lives a little better by putting something funny in the “why do you want to join” message. They don’t actually care why you're joining they just want to know you’re not a bot.

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why, so spammers can find them?

[–] DAEMON@reddthat.com 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And don’t worry they have defenses against spammers and bots.

I don't think we do, actually. I fully expect it will become a major problem as Lemmy grows.

I hate punching in something identifying too, and avoid it when possible, but the internet has collectively gone there for a reason. And that reason is that if you can make an anonymous account, a guy in Nigeria can make 1000.

(Sorry, I think I came across a little aggressive in OP, not my intention)