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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think shit and world got defederated because they don't have that "why do you want to join" question on the sign up page, and so is easy to make spam accounts on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Well sort of. They got defeated because it was users from those communities causing a large portion of incidents that needed moderation. Open sign-ups are fine if you have some other way to filter users.