IMO, Lemmy would gain far more users if you were able to create a user account without having to be approved by a server first.

If communities want to remain invite only that’s fine. But I really, really think you guys should decouple account creation from the requirement of being approved by a server. It’s a barrier to entry that imo will prevent many users from registering.

Edit: If not global auto-approving of user account creation, I think what would be a more reasonable request is an indicator of whether a server auto-approves account creation or whether it is invite only.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The ethos of open source is that anyone can use the code to do whatever they want with it.

    That’s why the code is public, for lemmy as well.

    You know, there was a nazi lemmy server, a while ago. It just wasn’t connected to all but one or two very small other right-wing lemmy servers. Because everyone else blocked them.

    • jazir5@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      So wait, do they even still exist on the platform at all, or are the servers themselves and the users as well entirely banned from the platform entirely?

      • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        There is no platform. There just are independent servers that make their own decisions.

        • jazir5@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Okay then to be honest, I’m really struggling to see the problem with what I’m saying here, since it seems to me you are agreeing that independent servers get to make those types of decisions. I’m a little confused and could use some clarification on what you mean.

            • jazir5@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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              1 year ago

              No prob! If you don’t want to continue discussing that’s entirely your prerogative, and I won’t push the issue further.

          • Adda@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Just to explain, each instance can make their own decisions, but then they risk being defederated by other instances for their decisions. On their own instance, they can still function however they want, though.

            • jazir5@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Gotcha, so basically they’re detached from the main network and thus don’t appear in other users feeds?

              • Adda@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                1 year ago

                If by main network you mean the largest federated network (the largest number of federated instances together), then it is precisely that.

                It is then up to each user to decide where to create an account. On any single instance? On multiple instances where some might be federated with only a small subset of instances and others might be more general instances federated with multitude of instances, for example on the largest federated network? It depends on what the user comes here looking for. Whatever works for them is great.