Filippo Valsorda :go: on Nostr: Why is the Mastodon default to allow open registration, anyway? It should be a ...
Why is the Mastodon default to allow open registration, anyway? It should be a heavily discouraged setting, with moderated signups being the default.
If the moderation team can't keep up with registration requests surely they can't moderate those accounts either.
We've seen this before with open SMTP relays.
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