Lemmy has multiplied it's number of users (maybe more accurately accounts) in just few days. How much do you think is the percentage of bot accounts? Is Lemmy having problem with bot farming?
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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Bots could just use ChatGPT to write a better application than most humans would? Also who is going to want to read thousands of requests? So a very narrow use case.
Recaptcha and maybe mCaptcha on top would be a better general deterrent.