GitHub - plebbit/seedit: A GUI for plebbit similar to old.reddit
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Hey everyone, just wanted to give a quick update.

After opening things up more on Plebbit/Seedit, we got hit pretty hard with spam and some NSFW content. It got out of hand fast and honestly, its worse than we expected.

To stop that from messing everything up, we’re thinking about adding optional email or SMS verification when people sign up.

This isn’t something we wanted to do at first, but it seems necessary to protect the space and avoid getting buried in garbage.

we’re still fully open source, and still want this to feel like a community. If you’ve got other ideas or feedback, feel free to share.

  • AllYourSmurf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’d suggest looking at 3 things:

    1. CAPTCHA. Not a perfect solution and AI will beat most of it soon, but it will help.
    2. Anti-bot tools. Something that will do the equivalent of miring up AI web crawlers.
    3. Identity systems. Not in the sense of a verifiable ID like a driver’s license, but in the sense of establishing a strong link between a pseudonymous ID and the community it owns or interacts with.