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Can lemmy please remove the requirement of joining a server to create an account? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jazir5@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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IMO, Lemmy would gain far more users if you were able to create a user account without having to be approved by a server first.

If communities want to remain invite only that's fine. But I really, really think you guys should decouple account creation from the requirement of being approved by a server. It's a barrier to entry that imo will prevent many users from registering.

Edit: If not global auto-approving of user account creation, I think what would be a more reasonable request is an indicator of whether a server auto-approves account creation or whether it is invite only.

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[–] XPost3000@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, had to use an auto-register server for Mastodon cuz I didn't know which servers would actually accept an account request

Fortunately for Lemmy they have a default instance that was pretty fast to get the account on, pretty sure it could go full auto but for the moment they're trying to ward off troll n whatnot

[–] jazir5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Edit: upon reflection, a much better solution in my eyes would simply be to indicate whether a server auto-approves user account creation on join-lemmy.org or if they are approval only. Would any of you find that to be agreeable?

[–] XPost3000@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I really hope that Lemmy eventually goes auto with account registration on their default instance, but still letting you choose to take a shot at an invite-only instance if you really wanted too

[–] jazir5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed!

Edit: If not global auto-approving of user account creation across all instances or automatic account registration on the default instance, I think what would be viable is an indicator of whether a server auto-approves account creation or whether it is invite only.