this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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I don't think we should be limiting new users from commenting or posting. And 7 days is a long time.
Auto closing communities would be really annoying, but I think dimming them or marking them in the lists/search results would be nice. I filed an issue on this already https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/3174 maybe if more people think this is a good idea they could leave comments there
Could limiting new users maybe help against bot spamming?
Maybe slightly? But not worth turning away potential new users. We need more users.
Bots and spammers would just create accounts in advance and let them sit to get to the right age, it'd be the same.
Yes, but it would tank the user retention rate.