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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The article says it's to limit spam. I don't feel platforms like Lemmy (or the other platform) are particularly spammy though. On the other hand I get a lot more spam on Whatsapp, even though it's phone number bound.

Signal is pretty good in terms of limited spam, but I'm curious about the impact if they A/B test the removal and see how much spam would arise. Obviously that could only be implemented after they remove the need to add contact via phone number.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

You are correct my friend, because Lemmy is for smart people like us. And a smart person like you could easily make 10k per month on the side.
With just a small initial investment you could create a huge passive income in no time.
Just go to shadyscamspam.com and become your own boss.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

If more people joined Lemmy you’d see the amount of spam this place would get. Now it’s only a bunch of nerds who will quickly report any spammy activity. It’s a small “friendly” community for now.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Niche communities don't deal with spam.

But the moment it's big enough Lemmy will be rife with spammers and you'll need full time moderation tools.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you go to Reddit which is more popular for bots certain subs are completely filled with spam and votebots. r/worldnews is like a giant circle of pro IDF bots jerking eachother off. LSF became a shitshow too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that's with a fairly active mod team too. Imagine the spam if there were no controls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

To be fair, the mods are complicit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

plenty of instances have email verification and or captcha, and those that don't get defederated (sometimes) (this already happened)