The new 4.2.8 release is out today. It's a small update that introduces a mechanic that will automatically switch sign-ups to manual review if no moderators have been active for a while. This should reduce vectors for spam and abuse in the future.
The new 4.2.8 release is out today. It's a small update that introduces a mechanic that will automatically switch sign-ups to manual review if no moderators have been active for a while. This should reduce vectors for spam and abuse in the future. 14 comments
@MastodonEngineering one caveat is that this would require those instances with no moderators to update mastodon, right? π (mostly just joking, I follow that this is a forward-facing mitigation) @VisualPlugin yes, with an environment variable: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/29318 @MastodonEngineering I love to see mitigation that isn't something along the lines of requiring a phone number to register. Here's looking at you #bluesky. |
@MastodonEngineering I love this!!!