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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are benefits to having an extremely, extremely small barrier to entry.

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

To prevent spammers ? Yes To prevent grandma ? No

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on whose grandma. My own nice sweet grandma returned to life for some reason? Sure! Somebody's deranged racist grandma who used to bring casseroles to the local neofascist meeting? No thanks!