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Re:Scaling Mastodon Is Impossible by JAlexoid on Monday November 14, 2022 @11:04PM (#33605124)
Ah... The "good old days" of poor spam filtering
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Re:Scaling Mastodon Is Impossible by spion on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @02:49PM (#33614067)
Since this is federated, you're not limited to "mastodon settings". You can choose to simply ignore follow requests fully, or to not show them to the user, or whatever else you wish.
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Re:Scaling Mastodon Is Impossible by jameshart on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @05:16PM (#33615869)
I.e., implement spam blocking measures.
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Re:Scaling Mastodon Is Impossible by spion on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @04:28AM (#33620684)
No, just ignore aspects that are prone to spam and bring little value.
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