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Pixelfed will allow easily blocking instances with open registration (mastodon.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Those are largely useless against spammers, but indeed there could be other options like giving already registered users usage limited invite links etc.