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So, uhm, what the hell is going on with all these ad posts I’m seeing in this community?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This can also be very unwelcoming to new users though.

For like the first week of posting...

Then it's never an issue again.

But it's hard for trolls and bots to build that up for every account.

Theres been more than a few that just keep making new accounts on small instances the second they're banned

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is an issue if you change instance, which you may do more often than creating new accounts on traditional social media. And again, I just find it kind of unwelcoming.

Maybe automatically creating a report to just check the post for spam when a new user posts would be nice? Then a mod can check it out but it's not removed automatically or blocked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is an issue if you change instance

Again, only for like a week...

There's no valid reason to keep constantly churning accounts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

There is if you wish to change instance, for example if your admins do something you don't like. That's a perfectly valid reason.

We can disagree, it's okay. You don't have to downvote just because you disagree.