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[–] 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Kinda.

Since Lemmy existed before Piefed, pretty much all the bot accounts were here. So their current system uses a database of flagged Lemmy accounts and if the name matches someone else who joins, then it automatically gets flagged too. I think they also check IP addresses at the moment, though I don't know if they gave up on that or are still experimenting with it.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    The automated part was the bigger issue, but it sounds like there's probably not much assessment to have automated then.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, for clarification - they're not automating assessment of user interaction, rather of users who join, and afterwards checking that username to a database of flagged users on Lemmy. It's to speed up the sign on process a bit more.

    Since it's possible someone else might just happen to pick the same username as that in the database, then it's possible to appeal and mention you're not that person on Lemmy.

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