Please. Captcha by default. Email domain filters. Auto-block federation from servers that don’t respect. By default. Urgent.

meme not so funny

And yes, to refute some comments, this publication is being upvoted by bots. A single computer was needed, not “thousands of dollars” spent.

        • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          12·
          2 years ago

          Btw, what’s the deal with your instance? I noticed you’re from one of the original servers from 4 years ago. Do you know why it was founded or can you direct me to some information?

          I’m from the reddit migration, although a bit more experienced than most (having been here over 2 weeks makes me a unicorn on my server).

          I’d like to spread some more knowledge among my fellow newbies about the history of the platform and what kind of different servers are out there. Problem is, I don’t have any knowledge! Help!

            • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              22·
              2 years ago

              Ah, I see. So tchncs.de hosts other federated platforms, and someone probably decided to set up a Lemmy site when it was originally created 4 years ago. But it was likely pretty empty until the past couple weeks.

              Ok good to know, I don’t really know about XMPP/Jabber but I like what I see on wikipedia. Thanks!

                • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  12·
                  2 years ago

                  I see. Lemmy is my first introduction to a decentralized, open source social media platform, and I’m just so excited about all the possibilities federation can provide.

    • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      I admin a decent sized facebook group, at 10.8k members currently.

      Luckily, the facebook group is specifically for people living in a certain geographical area. As such, I am able to make questions, only somebody living in the area would know.

      You would be surprised, there are LOTS of spammers who answer all of the questions. (Just- getting the wrong answer on the area-specific questions)

      Duct-cleaning spam has been a real problem. lmao.

        • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Honestly- I am surprised to find as much spam/scam/etc… on a facebook group whose purpose is… well, related to a small area in a midwestern town…

          Also- I constantly regret taking on moderation and administration of this group. Moderating facebook sucks. :-/