IMO, Lemmy would gain far more users if you were able to create a user account without having to be approved by a server first.

If communities want to remain invite only that’s fine. But I really, really think you guys should decouple account creation from the requirement of being approved by a server. It’s a barrier to entry that imo will prevent many users from registering.

Edit: If not global auto-approving of user account creation, I think what would be a more reasonable request is an indicator of whether a server auto-approves account creation or whether it is invite only.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes, I wouldn’t mind a theoretical automod that helped with admin work. I am not against that. I am trying to explain how we arrived at the situation we are at today, where all servers are with application only.

          • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Because someone might spam disgusting content because they don’t like lemmy.

            FOR WEEKS THERE WHERE PHOTOS OF PEOPLE EATING SHIT IN THE TIMELINE A COUPLE OF TIMES PER DAY.

              • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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                1 year ago

                The ethos of open source is that anyone can use the code to do whatever they want with it.

                That’s why the code is public, for lemmy as well.

                You know, there was a nazi lemmy server, a while ago. It just wasn’t connected to all but one or two very small other right-wing lemmy servers. Because everyone else blocked them.

                • jazir5@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  So wait, do they even still exist on the platform at all, or are the servers themselves and the users as well entirely banned from the platform entirely?

                  • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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                    1 year ago

                    There is no platform. There just are independent servers that make their own decisions.