I’ll admit, the thing that made me go from Kbin to Lemmy was seeing tons of spam on unmoderated places. (Not blaming the admin for not being able to manage the site in that particular case, they had more pressing issues.)
this is why I’m ok staying small and never going mainstream, honestly I had hoped that for reddit pre 2010 but by mid 2010s it was already too far gone
Worried how unusable this place will be if real spammers find their way here
DMs don’t worry me that much, but botted content, upvotes and comments would kill the platform like any other.
Botted comments and admins not in the helm.
I’ll admit, the thing that made me go from Kbin to Lemmy was seeing tons of spam on unmoderated places. (Not blaming the admin for not being able to manage the site in that particular case, they had more pressing issues.)
Yea, that’s the thing that scares me
this is why I’m ok staying small and never going mainstream, honestly I had hoped that for reddit pre 2010 but by mid 2010s it was already too far gone
Spam is only going to get worse anyway, just like bots spam on all forum, just by them using a specific forum engine
I expect the software to improve. The “fediverse chick” spam is the perfect opportunity to test countermeasures.
Perhaps a way to limit how fast new instances are able to post and tools to identify those causing spam
That won’t stop anyone. Just spin up 50 instances and let them sit for a while until they’re not so new anymore.
Then when you need one, grab one off the shelf that’s been riping for a while.
It’s only a bump when they get started.
Auto flag rapid changes then?