Brutkey

Honza Javorek
@honzajavorek@mastodonczech.cz

@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?

weekendr
@weekendr@social.vivaldi.net

@honzajavorek@mastodonczech.cz @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @stonebear2@hachyderm.io I'd like to know as well.

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@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.