• SeedyOne@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I think we’re trusting them to crunch the numbers and simply shut off registration if it gets out of control. At least, I’d hope so.

    • Andreas@feddit.dk
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      1 year ago

      That wouldn’t be good either if third parties are still funnelling new users to lemmy.world. They’ll see a “sign ups closed” message, assume there is only one forum and it’s closed, then go back to Reddit.

      • charrondev@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Actually it’s even worse than that. I tried yesterday to register on https://lemmy.ml but it let me go through the registration process up to the submit button before returning an error message “Registration Closed”.

        • It’s very annoying to have closed registration in the first place.
        • When registration is closed the registration form should definitely not be present and let me fill the whole form.
        • The error message should not just say “Registration Closed”, there should be some indication of where else I should go to register.
      • SeedyOne@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        A necessary evil but one that can be overcome. I would hope there’d be a way to leave a message about trying one of many other instances or at least a link to a Fediverse FAQ.