Moe :verified: on Nostr: I like this decision from the mastodon team ​:neocat_googly_woozy:​ ...

I like this decision from the mastodon team ​​

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.8We are changing the default, so that opening registrations is always a conscious choice. If you have never changed or saved the registrations mode yourself, this update will switch your server to not accepting new users. Simply change the setting again after the update if you wish to restore the old behaviour.Add hourly task to automatically require approval for new registrations in the absence of moderators
In order to prevent future abandoned Mastodon servers from being used for spam, harassment and other malicious activity, Mastodon will now automatically switch new user registrations to require moderator approval whenever they are left open and no activity (including non-moderation actions from apps) from any logged-in user with permission to access moderation reports has been detected in a full week.I hope Misskey and other fediverse software will also follow this decision ​​

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