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A spam attack that impacted the open source X rival Mastodon, Misskey and other apps highlights how the decentralized social web, also known as the
  • PlexSheep@feddit.deEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    On feddit.de, when I registered (during the great reddit migration), I had to write a short introduction about myself too. I believe it was read by a moderator and manually accepted, but I’m not sure.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      That’s how I did it. Ask a question that would be easy for anyone wanting to join, and manually accept. For my instance I never want it so big that I have to automate it anyway.

    • neutron@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      So it’s somewhere between Open-Closed:

      • open signup (no invite required), instant availability
      • open signup (no invite required), manual approval required
      • closed signup (invite required)