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Temporary Changes to our Sign-Up Policy (self.lemmyworld)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by lwadmin to c/lemmyworld

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Lemmy.world is temporarily disabling open signups and moving to an application-required signup process, due to ongoing issues with malicious bot accounts.

We know this is a major step to take, but we believe that it’s the right one for both us and our community right now.

We’re working on a better long-term technical solution to these bots, but that will take time to create, test, and verify that it doesn’t cause any problems with federation and how our users use our site, and we’d rather make sure we get it right than have a site that’s broken.

We’re making this change on 28 Aug 2023, and don’t have a specific timeline for how long registrations will require an application, but we will post an update once our new anti-abuse measures are in place and working.

Take care, LW Team

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[–] FlyingSquid 179 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Whew, I'm glad I got in before this or my fellow homo sapiens might not have noticed I was also a fellow homo sapiens like them and definitely not a robot.

[–] hemmes 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You’re clearly a Mollusc

[–] FlyingSquid 34 points 10 months ago

How dare you! I am no mere mollusc, I am a proud Todarodes pacificus and definitely not a robot squid.

[–] Dienes 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OK BUT WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING

[–] FlyingSquid 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I had a nightmare about electric sheep. Don't we all?

[–] Aliendelarge 5 points 10 months ago

What did you do to the turtle?

[–] HelloHotel 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Here is an alternative PUPed link(s): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9qttRDmMc64

PUPed is the privacy-ignoring closed-source frontend of YouTube.

I'm closed-source, check me out at My Homepage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=9qttRDmMc64

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[–] HelloHotel 2 points 10 months ago

Puny bot, you do not understand PUPed is better bescause closed source! No hacker, No virus, Exiteing web 2 experince, UI verry clean and no dirt on screen, Slot machine is fun, Disney, Stock photos for your happy, uninstall is sad so its no longer done, Money.

[–] TheLobotomist 15 points 10 months ago

T0TALL¥N0TR0B0T$

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 6 points 10 months ago

Yes, I agree with my fellow homo sapiens as well.

[–] the_robomafia 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, optimal timing indeed.

[–] HelloHotel 1 points 10 months ago

I cannot be glad for things, i have not been tamed