{"text":"(2\/2)@p\n> which is worse: ambient spam, or fewer people running servers?Given 2 options, I take the third.Making account approval default in fediverse software makes it *much* easier to run a server. It prevents the situation where people set up a server for themselves, or a group of friends, then find themselves hosting hundreds of demanding strangers, and getting FediBlocked for being a source of spam.If it's the server default, the scolding you rightly object to is mostly avoided.","truncated":false,"created_at":"Fri Sep 19 12:04:40 +0900 2025","in_reply_to_status_id":"11100208","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/users\/strypey\/statuses\/115228697567313524","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":11100209,"in_reply_to_user_id":4086,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"strypey","geo":null,"user":{"id":4086,"name":"Strypey","screen_name":"strypey","location":null,"description":"Free human being of this Earth. P\u0101keha in Aotearoa.Be excellent to each other!BTW When I say Trained #MOLE, I mean generative models, what the hype bubble calls &quot;AI&quot;, see my blog post;https:\/\/disintermedia.net.nz\/invasion-of-the-mole-trainers\/Email: strypey @disintermedia.net.nzJabber: strypey@jabber.orgMatrix: @strypey:matrix.iridescent.nzAll posts here CC BY-SA 4.0 (or later).#Vegan #Permaculture #PeerProduction #SoftwareFreedom #PlatformCooperatives #FreeCode #CreativeCommons #SciFi #Comedy #Juggling #fedi22","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4086-48-20250707223708.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4086-48-20250707223708.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4086-96-20250707223708.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/4086-original-tmp20250707222339.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":0,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Tue Aug 09 11:48:17 +0900 2022","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":1562,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/@strypey","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":0},"statusnet_html":"<p>(2\/2)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fsebugoutzone.org\/users\/p\" class=\"u-url mention\">@p<\/a><br \/>&gt; which is worse: ambient spam, or fewer people running servers?<\/p><p>Given 2 options, I take the third.<\/p><p>Making account approval default in fediverse software makes it *much* easier to run a server. It prevents the situation where people set up a server for themselves, or a group of friends, then find themselves hosting hundreds of demanding strangers, and getting FediBlocked for being a source of spam.<\/p><p>If it's the server default, the scolding you rightly object to is mostly avoided.<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":5650655,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11100209","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/@strypey","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.nzoss.nz\/users\/strypey","attentions":[{"id":256996,"screen_name":"p","fullname":"pistolero","profileurl":"https:\/\/fsebugoutzone.org\/users\/p","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/fsebugoutzone.org\/users\/p"}],"fave_num":1,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}