(Mlem, but the warning is everywhere) would it be possible to edit the warning to remove the fact that the application has to be accepted (seems like LW automatically processes those anyway)?
Seems like it's an issue for potential new joiners
Hm, that's far from typical so I'm not sure how a generic dialogue would accommodate both. World might want to hide the dialogue on web front ends, though I'm not sure how to also get that reflected in apps like Mlem.
Lemm.ee also automated some the detection of bad actors
We have automated a lot of this stuff on lemm.ee as well
https://lemm.ee/post/57987370/18836511
Edit: SJW as well based on the parent comment
SJW doesn't have an application question and this from Sunaurus in the parent comment seems to imply they manually approve applications as well:
We have a custom question on our sign-up page asking people to state they agree to our rules, and it’s relatively common that people just don’t read the question and write something random in there - we generally don’t accept such applications to try and weed out bots, but I’m pretty sure we also end up rejecting a bunch of legit users this way who just didn’t read the instructions.
I'd be interested to know how World automates their sign up process. Guessing from their application question they might just look for the phrase "I agree to the TOS" in answers, which would be fairly simple to implement but I wouldn't personally feel confident in it.
World just has a bot that checks the answer and also if the person's email is a known temp email (or not a whitelisted email provider). They also seem to have modified it so the application is sent at the same time as email verification.
Hello @sunaurus@lemm.ee, could you please provide more details, without revealing too much?
Most applications are handled automatically, a smaller percentage is sent to manual approval for admins. This is based on different signals and the aim is to potentially reduce some abuse, or at least make it a bit harder.
Median time for accepting applications in the past month on lemm.ee was 1 minute and 42 seconds. And that includes the time it took for users to manually verify their e-mails first.
Amazing, thanks
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