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Registration mode: open or application? (lib.lgbt)

submitted 2 years ago by Veraticus@lib.lgbt to c/chat@lib.lgbt

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As I'm sure most of you noticed, you had to fill in an application to participate here.

While this can be pretty useful from a quality perspective, it is also a significantly barrier to entry; obviously you have to fill in said application, wait to be approved, and then have a sufficient level of interest to return and participate.

Lower barriers of entry can help engagement, but can also harm communities with bad actors gaining easy access.

Anyone have any opinions?

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[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 2 points 2 years ago

Good suggestions. The current version of Lemmy we're running does not allow a "bot checker," but the next major version should. Dunno when it will be released.

I think you're probably right about making the application process less rigorous and just policing more. Barriers to entry are not all that helpful sometimes.