Gregory's Server
@dnddeutsch @homegrown that's what happens though. We've silenced a shitton of instances who had their registrations open and were overrun with spam bots as a result.
Manually approving signups is trivial. If that's too much of a hurdle for users, that they may have to wait for a day to get approved, then they need to learn some patience.
@dnddeutsch @homegrown when you rent an apartment, you can't move in immediately. You have to pay a deposit, you have to clear a credit check, etc.
When you join a club or political party, you aren't a member immediately, a human has to approve your application for membership.
"Arrives the next day" shipping from Amazon and corporate social media has made people impatient, but historically, very few things happened instantaneously. Instant gratification is a very, very recent phenomenon.