@quazar to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agoWhen did lemmy.world start requiring an email address?message-square25arrow-up124arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhen did lemmy.world start requiring an email address?@quazar to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agomessage-square25file-text
That to me was an important feature of reddit :( What I suspect is that they were getting flooded by bots…
minus-squareAntik 👾shieldlink40•edit-21 year agoYou guessed it. Captcha and Email verification was enabled to stop the influx of bots.
minus-square@quazarOPlink5•1 year agoHas the ability to create communities also been limited? I’ve been trying and the circle keeps spinning.
minus-squareAntik 👾shieldlink9•edit-21 year agoNo, none of those limits are set. But did you check if the community already exists? Lemmy doesn’t always give nice error messages…
minus-squareAntik 👾link7•1 year agoYes it stopped the scripted signups. Are we out of the woods? Never
You guessed it. Captcha and Email verification was enabled to stop the influx of bots.
Has the ability to create communities also been limited? I’ve been trying and the circle keeps spinning.
No, none of those limits are set. But did you check if the community already exists? Lemmy doesn’t always give nice error messages…
Did it work?
It’s a never-ending battle but we try to keep on top of it
Did it at least help?
Yes it stopped the scripted signups. Are we out of the woods? Never