kbin.social is being overrun with spammers. Can we disable registrations on this instance so they can’t keep creating new accounts? Every day I log on, I have to spend the first 20-30 minutes, reporting and blocking a bunch of new accounts.
Here are some that were just created today:
https://kbin.social/u/dfgdfgfdfgfdh
https://kbin.social/u/nyfejevy
https://kbin.social/u/vepotal774
https://kbin.social/u/ayman01
https://kbin.social/u/MariaesNichols
https://kbin.social/u/nidhiroute
https://kbin.social/u/dcesdff
https://kbin.social/u/mauntehilss
https://kbin.social/u/nidhirout
https://kbin.social/u/noraharris0
you know I think one of the smarter things facebook did was only allowing edu emails initially or google allowing current users to send invites.
Facebook doing edu (initially only one school) only was to target a specific audience. Google followed the exclusivity model to gain hype and encourage word of mouth.
Neither did it for security reasons and both switched to open sign-ups once they reached a certain level of users.
I did not work at either at levels where I would know their reasons but whatever their reasons it did make growth in the start slow and steady.
Getting a free .edu account is trivial.
not for spammers. it was a nice first level filter till they had the resources to do more effective spam fighting (which they don’t do all that well)
No, it’s incredibly easy to get a .edu account.
Why don’t automated spam systems use them then? Its easy for an individual but its not super automately like google. At least at my alma matter its not.
I think you’re thinking 4 year college, not 2 years. It takes a lot of effort and money to apply to a 4 year school. It takes like 5 minutes to apply at your local community college online and get a .edu email address, and it’s free.
Using .edu as some sort of validation is a terrible idea because it’s something anyone can get with just a few minutes of work.