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

You forgot the step where you write three paragraphs explaining why you want a server account and get denied because you didn't supply sufficient detail for them to approve your application.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And yet, my server where this is policy is thriving. If it grew any faster than it has been there would likely have been even greater technical issues, and there has never been a lack of people to talk to. It's almost like there are benefits to not letting people create hundreds of bogus accounts that outweigh the small cost to the user!

This obsession with growth is pathological. People have internalized the needs of capital and don't even understand their own needs.