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.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2024
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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
Yeah I'd love to not require email, but it's just not an option
I think LemmyNSFW does not?
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.
Why, so spammers can find them?
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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)