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[suggestion] block new accounts from posting (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by SuperFola@programming.dev to c/meta@programming.dev

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More and more new accounts are posting spam and ads to communities (eg !technology@programming.dev), would it be an idea to block new accounts from posting to any p.d community?

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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago

Upvoted, but I don't know that such a change would materially affect anything. Spammers would just create a backlog of aged accounts to use, and we lose the helpful icon (if your client has one) that shows it's posted from a brand new account and to be extra skeptical.

I mean it might help, hence the upvote, I'm just taking a cynical perspective. I don't have a better option other than smarter automod tools.

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