Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
There are two ways that servers on here can accept new members:
-Sign-ups where you join instantly
-Sign-ups where the server moderator has to manually approve your membership
Approval sign-ups make moderation much more effective, but some people seem to find them more difficult.
If you are someone who finds approval sign-ups more difficult, could you explain the main thing putting you off?
(By the way, this isn't meant to be judgmental, just want to find out what the main barriers are! 🙂
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Elvith Ma'for@elvith@nerdculture.de
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services the first time it was "what do I even put there?" In combination with "and then I get to wait an unspecified amount of time to use this...".
Both made me really nervous. But... After having it done once, it was easier on the other occasions. For all other accounts I usually just put in something along the lines "hi, I've been using the fediverse on $otherService and now want to try THIS service/instance.". Sometimes, I reference something specific like "hey, I got referred here by $user/Instance X is closing and I'm looking for a new home/..."