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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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
The usually very open ended single question. Like what do they specifically want to know?
@project1enigma@chaos.social
This is the problem, the mods want to write a more specific question but the software won't let them. Mastodon has hardcoded the question to just be "Why do you want to sign up?" 😦
I'm trying to gather evidence to convince the software developers that the question needs to be customised by the admins 🙂
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I have been trying to change my sign up message for the longest time. And it never has. And cant get anyone to comment on it. Why have it there if it wont change.
Now I'm pretty made to know I've been busting my chops on a wall not meant to move. Instead of thinking I was hitting a glitch. Ugh.
Thanks for mentioning this.
@Scofisticated@socel.net
I was only meaning the question "Why do you want to sign up?" which is AFAIK hardcoded.
Is the custom message not working either? 😮
That should be working, it's a major bug/glitch if not.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I have been trying to change it for months off and on. To no avail.
I looked for an Issues on github. I didnt see it a while ago, but I do now. I will try there. Maybe even ask MastoHost if it is a server-side problem.
@Scofisticated@socel.net
I think the message in that screenshot is only if your server is closed to new signups?
It won't appear if your server is open to signups.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services ooooohhhhhhhh. I was here thinking "sign-ups" meant open sign ups. Thaaaat makes sense. Ok.
Thank you so much for this insight.
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And yes, as an admin, I totally want to customize my outgoing message to applicants. That would help me start a conversation with them. Make an outgoing that fits the instance's needs. And lets the applicant know why this is being asked, and what we are looking for.
Despitately, I want all this.
@Scofisticated@socel.net
Yeah, "sign-ups" on that particular setting means either instant or moderated signups.
The idea of the message is so you can explain you're not taking new members. Many servers also use this to suggest other servers where people could sign up instead 🙂
Fedi.Tips
always tired