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Pixelfed will allow easily blocking instances with open registration (mastodon.social)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I think this is something Lemmy should also consider. Open registration is an invitation to abuse an instance as a spam vector.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

First of all this is mainly a feature to protect existing instances against spam from other badly managed instances.

But yes, admin approval scales surprisingly well if you have several admins per instance and many smallish instances, and it could be further improved by giving existing users secret invite links than don't require admin approval (AFAIK also already supported by Pixelfed).