I KNOW IT SUCKS, I KNOW IT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT PLEASE DISABLE YOUR DAMN OPEN MASTODON INSTANCE REGISTRATIONS

@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 🤢.

@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?

@13reak @clonezone @jerry dude I do a lot of self hosting myself but if you really think hosting a fucking social network is something everyone should be doing you really need to go outside and touch some grass. Get in touch with reality. I swear everyone in this thread is a fricking psychopath.

No. Not everyone should close their instances. Most are open and for good reason. Gatekeeping is not a valid solution.