this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Please. Captcha by default. Email domain filters. Auto-block federation from servers that don't respect. By default. Urgent.

meme not so funny

And yes, to refute some comments, this publication is being upvoted by bots. A single computer was needed, not "thousands of dollars" spent.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the requirement to become federated? Say someone starts their own server, are they able to load it with bots prior to federating then suddenly go online and fuck shit up before they get defederated?

I guess what I'm asking is there action needed by every instance before they are federated with a new instance. Do the admins of each instance have the opportunity to do their due diligence before federating with someone or is it automatic?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If someone really wants to attack the network, they'll attack it with custom software, not just by clicking on a lot of buttons in the web UI.