Hi,

I invited a friend on this instance ( lemmy.ml ) but it appear that now, creation of account require to give an email address !

Too bad my friend live in a dictatorial country and you can’t create an email account without identify yourself (either by phone number or other measure).

And of course If you say something that is (or might be in the future) prohibited by the government -> jail ( or quietly ban of all public services, bank account freeze etc…)

So why ! lemmy.ml request now an email address ??

Thanks.

  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml
    2·
    5 days ago

    I don’t think a country could blanket ban every email provider that doesnt take emails as it’s an open protocol; anyone can host an email server within seconds.

    But you can use another lemmy instance that doesnt ask for email. It will mostly work the same way. You can also see the post contents of groups through other social media that uses ActivityPub (like mastodon)

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    It’s mostly to combat spam. I created a lemmy account with an obviously bogus e-mail account, hopped on matrix and reached out to the instance admins and they activated my account manually after I asked nicely.