Jerry 🦙💝🦙Mar 3
I KNOW IT SUCKS, I KNOW IT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT PLEASE DISABLE YOUR DAMN OPEN MASTODON INSTANCE REGISTRATIONS
Show threadElliot ShankMar 3

@jerry I would never sign up for an instance that wasn't open. I'm not going to be pre-judged by anybody. Just. No.

Ewww.

I understand the administrative burden, but 🤢.

Show thread13reak Mar 3

@clonezone @jerry

AI bots yaaaaaay

Honestly, Jerry is doing an amazing job.

I mean if you don't like to be pre-judged, you can always self-host?

Show threadElliot ShankMar 3

@13reak You lock down registrations, you're excluding anyone not willing to write an essay justifying themselves.

And there was no attack on Jerry in that.

Show threadCadenMar 3
@clonezone @13reak most instances require literally 1-2 sentences. It's usually just to prove you're human. Some instances go a little farther than that, but it's up to you whether you want to sign up for those. I've had 2 accounts on instances without open registration and I didn't write more than a single sentence for either
Show threadElliot Shank

@tarix29 Nope. Not going to justify myself in the least to anyone.

Again, I understand that there are administrative costs to this.

But. No. 🤬. Way.

Mar 3 at 11:47pmIvory for Mac
Show threadSharpe!Mar 4

@clonezone @tarix29 But then why are you even here?

Every post on a social platform is a de facto justification, you just want the privilege of being assumed a good guy when there are waves of folks cogently arguing why it's so important to require folks to demonstrate good faith before welcoming them to the community.

Show threadMïkê 💚 👑🐉🗡️🏳️‍⚧️Mar 4

@clonezone @tarix29 Consider that a less entitled attitude may be warranted by the nonprofit nature of the platform.

There are no ads, no trackers, no paywalls, no nothing. Each user increases the administrative and technical burden of their instance, and there's nothing to recoup that cost aside from donations. If a user doesn't donate to their instance, then strictly speaking, that's all they are: a burden. The instance is measurably worse off with them on it.

Isn't it a little rude to act like you're entitled to an instance's server space for free?