Registrations should require a valid email address and temporary/disposable (e.g. temp-mail.org ) email services should be rejected.
Note this should not be implemented as a whitelist; “obscure” email services such as Protonmail, Tutanota and personal email servers should be allowed.
Pros:
- Cuts down on the number of trolls attempting to register, reducing load on mods and admins.
- Improves our standing with other instances.
- Ensures users have the ability to reset their password.
Cons:
- Has privacy concerns - people may not want to associate their email address with everything.
- Users may not (and perhaps should not have to) trust the admins of this instance with their email.
- May not be supported well by Lemmy, and/or require a blacklist that needs updating.
Aye and nay in the comments, please.
I don’t know either, but maintaining and expanding a list of domens of temporary emails would 100% be pain in ass. Also, there’s legit mail services that allows aliases, hell even gmail users have infinte amount of aliases, so it feels kinda like wasting time on nothing.
Oh you’re right, I hadn’t thought of aliases. I personally still think a blacklist could still be implemented even if just as a basic filter, but I get your point.