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1 year agoPersonally I think the requirement to explain why you want to join a lemmy instance is 100% brilliant. If you can answer coherently you’re clearly not a robot, and probably don’t intend to spam.
The text field itself doesn’t require any minimum or maximum character counts so there’s no pressure to be wordy. In fact I think those who read that information appreciates when you can achieve some brevity but still communicate clearly in your own words why you’re signing up.
Additionally different instances have different priorities and needs; so I suspect they can ask for even more information or writing samples if needed; or ask for as little as possible to discourage users from being too crazy.
Refusing to federate with Meta servers is practically a no-brainer anyways.
Nobody really wants brain-dead facebook users on the fediverse anyways.1
1 > This, of course, doesn’t include anyone owning a facebook account out of necessity who also has the technical knowledge to register and conduct themselves appropriately on the Fediverse in general.