Spam bots were common back in the day on phpBB and vbulletin but early captcha addons killed most of them. Modern day I think the biggest thing preserving SA is the one time 5 dollar paywall to register an account more than anything. Board culture and good moderation helps too.
I’m curious how resilient lemmy is to it
Not at all, I think we’re only okay for now simply because of obscurity.
Spam bots were common back in the day on phpBB and vbulletin but early captcha addons killed most of them. Modern day I think the biggest thing preserving SA is the one time 5 dollar paywall to register an account more than anything. Board culture and good moderation helps too.
Not at all, I think we’re only okay for now simply because of obscurity.
Yeah, almost forgot I paid money 20 years ago to get on there lol
That said…that’s a possible solution for lemmy long term maybe? 5 bux to reg an account.