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.

  • tcelyEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    The effort is placed on the wrong people when trying to maintain a blacklist of emails.

    1. Maintaining a blacklist is lots of effort for the admins.

    2. The normal users we want to join are inconvenienced.

    3. The spammers are using automated tools, so they don’t have any burden and get in anyway.