Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 19-Sep-2025 12:04:40 JST

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> 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.