p.s. This seems like a good moment to thank @Gargron@mastodon.social
Obviously I disagreed with his recent stance on server onboarding, but that isn't an attack on his overall achievements.
For me Eugen's best moment was in 2022 when he was asked to sell out by multiple VC companies but he said no:
"Rochko told the Financial Times he had received offers from more than five US-based investors (which he turned down)"
https://www.ft.com/content/de808736-2e05-4c3b-a53c-55b170ae9efd
He passed the test that others (including Bluesky) have failed.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
Now, can we dogpile whoever's going to be running .social and tell them to lose the wide-open signup? Heck, maybe even write a PR to remove it from the code...
@stonebear2@hachyderm.io
Let's not do that, there's just been a major leadership change and we need to see how they actually run things first! 🙂
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services No no, esta todo visto ya, lo menos para mi, todo por la pasta.
@stonebear2@hachyderm.io
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @stonebear2@hachyderm.io I'm not on Mastodon for long and I'm not on the .social instance. Since this is a conversation with 'Fedi Tips' who offers to provide explanations about Mastodon… 😀
may I ask what does 'the wide-open signup' refer to?
@honzajavorek@mastodonczech.cz @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @stonebear2@hachyderm.io I'd like to know as well.
@honzajavorek@mastodonczech.cz @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @stonebear2@hachyderm.io I'd like to know as well.
@weekendr@social.vivaldi.net @honzajavorek@mastodonczech.cz @stonebear2@hachyderm.io
I think they're referring to instantly-working signups, as these tend to be exploited by spammers.
Admins on Mastodon servers can choose to allow either instant signups or signups that have to be approved by a moderator before they work. Spammers all use servers that have instant signups.
@weekendr@social.vivaldi.net @honzajavorek@mastodonczech.cz @stonebear2@hachyderm.io
I think they're referring to instantly-working signups, as these tend to be exploited by spammers.
Admins on Mastodon servers can choose to allow either instant signups or signups that have to be approved by a moderator before they work. Spammers all use servers that have instant signups.
Fedi.Tips
StoneBear :potion_genderqueer:
