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Temporary Changes to our Sign-Up Policy (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Lemmy.world is temporarily disabling open signups and moving to an application-required signup process, due to ongoing issues with malicious bot accounts.

We know this is a major step to take, but we believe that it’s the right one for both us and our community right now.

We’re working on a better long-term technical solution to these bots, but that will take time to create, test, and verify that it doesn’t cause any problems with federation and how our users use our site, and we’d rather make sure we get it right than have a site that’s broken.

We’re making this change on 28 Aug 2023, and don’t have a specific timeline for how long registrations will require an application, but we will post an update once our new anti-abuse measures are in place and working.

Take care, LW Team

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 178 points 1 year ago

Whew, I'm glad I got in before this or my fellow homo sapiens might not have noticed I was also a fellow homo sapiens like them and definitely not a robot.

[-] hemmes@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

You’re clearly a Mollusc

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

How dare you! I am no mere mollusc, I am a proud Todarodes pacificus and definitely not a robot squid.

[-] Dienes@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

OK BUT WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

I had a nightmare about electric sheep. Don't we all?

[-] Aliendelarge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What did you do to the turtle?

[-] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here is an alternative PUPed link(s): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9qttRDmMc64

PUPed is the privacy-ignoring closed-source frontend of YouTube.

I'm closed-source, check me out at My Homepage.

[-] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 1 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=9qttRDmMc64

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.

[-] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Puny bot, you do not understand PUPed is better bescause closed source! No hacker, No virus, Exiteing web 2 experince, UI verry clean and no dirt on screen, Slot machine is fun, Disney, Stock photos for your happy, uninstall is sad so its no longer done, Money.