CAPTCHAs and sign‑up quizzes annoy real people and barely slow down determined bots. As the fediverse grows, we need smarter, more humane defences, ones that don’t push away genuine newcomers. What creative, non‑intrusive ideas do you have? Trust‑based vouching, proof‑of‑humanity protocols, behavioural signals... what feels both effective and aligned with the open social web? I’m building a social media platform and I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

What's wrong with Anubis?

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't help with APIs or federated access.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Other instances seem to be using Anubis. Perhaps join the matrix chat for Lemmy?

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

That helps to reduce load on the web UI and reduce bot registrations, but it will not help after the bot is registered or if the bot is registered in another instance.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 17 hours ago

Thanks for the explanation.