One of these days, I plan to create my own Lemmy instance. What’s the best way to filter out weirdos during registration? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago by CraigCabbage@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I plan to have people type an application to register but will deny creeps and obviously bots. What would be the best questions to ask/way to tell that someone is a creep with ill intentions?

I have some ideas, but I’m looking for more, actual ideas from the Lemmy community. Ex: (if I make it a 13+ instance) What age range do you plan on interacting with? What do you plan on talking about with these people? What do you plan to do here?

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[-] Allero@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago

Not only is it gross, it's also enough to jail you since you technically store and distribute these materials.

Laws didn't really update for the Fediverse.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Isn't there a way to prevent cross federated caching though? I thought something along those lines was implemented specifically to combat that problem.

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Not sure if it's available in Lemmy. Devs and admins can probably say more

this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2025

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