alt Hacker NewsI lean the same way. I signed up with an alias and got instantly banned.
Their support also drops certain alias emails, so there's no way to appeal.
A "decentralized" network that locks you out for using basic email privacy tooling, with zero recourse, is centralized where it counts.
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minitech • today at 12:10 AM
Not that that isn’t a practical concern, but that’s not the level at which the network claims to be decentralized. Your account was banned by one participant in the hypothetical decentralized network.
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AlphaSite • today at 12:32 AM
The cool thing is you can host your own node with its own rules; you should host an anonymous server and you can set the rules.
habinero • today at 10:46 AM
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That's just the bluesky PBLLC PDS that banned you or refused to register you.
You can create an account with any email address you want if you host your own PDS or you can find another PDS that someone else hosts that is willing to register you an account.
One participant's new account spam protection has nothing to do with the network at large being centralised