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submitted 2 years ago by masterofn001 to c/main

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Just wanted to say thanks to the host of this instance.

The mini essay was a great idea. I definitely believe it will keep out at least some level of the riff and the raff. As much as people may dislike the idea of a gatekeeper, I believe it will make and keep the community much more fun, friendly, and useful.

I feel much more at ease on this service than on Reddit. I don't feel like I'm arguing with bots and trolls. Or dealing with bad actors and agitators. I'm discussing things. Reading the actual articles. And not doom scrolling. The nature of this service seems more organic.

Again. Thank you for your time and service to this (hopefully) growing community.

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[–] smorks 34 points 2 years ago (13 children)

you're welcome! although i can't claim that the required new user application was my idea. early in the lemmy days everyone had open registrations and we used to get trolls that would register many accounts (it's rate limited now), and would post weird nazi-ish troll images, or a bunch of scat images, etc. the trolls also seemed to enjoy impersonating the two main devs as well, and it just got annoying so most instances decided to implement the registration applications, and i just followed along, and have kept it ever since.

and there's now some drama with two of the bigger instances with open registration too. sighs

anways, i think i've said it before but will review the whole registration application thing at some point. i know it's an annoying barrier, and we could probably have more users if it wasn't on, but i like to think that the user/content quality is higher because of it. at least that's what i'm telling myself!

[–] learning2Draw 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting 🤔 thanks for the drama link. Seems pretty reasonable since they're a safe space first, and I know for a fact I saw (and reported just myself) a lot of bad actors just spamming lgbtq spaces yesterday

[–] smorks 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yep, totally their choice. it happens all the time in the fedi.

[–] corsicanguppy 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So, like, say, Usenet, we can't choose not to receive feeds on certain people/subs/etc ?

bah. I guess, whether we can or not, it's a lot of management to pick and choose ...

... and in selecting or filtering content don't we lose the section-230-like protections in USMCA as we're no longer just a carrier but a content moderator??

[–] smorks 5 points 2 years ago

i'm not 100% sure what you're referring to, but as a user, you can block users & communities to your hearts content.

as an admin, i can block (defederate) from whole instances as well.

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