Comment on Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only

ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  it’s invite only, which first makes you think, “oh cool - no spammers!”

  but then you realize you just need one spammer to get in and now they only invite spammers, and control their invites… as a form of spam! Flooding the net with “cheap” invite codes (only $10!) and multiplying.

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  • ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Invite only makes people think no spammers? Have they never been in any space with minimal obstacles to entry like that? Any place people are, there’s going to be someone or some activity you don’t care for.

    Makes me think of folks thinking there will be fewer annoying people in online games with sub fees. 😂

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    • uglyduckling81@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Seems pretty easy to control though.

      Once spammer is detected, you just ban them and the account that invited, all the way up a down that invite tree.

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      • Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        And in the process nuke every legitimate user who may have used their codes, great way to build trust in a new platform. You can’t even vet users to see if they are spammers or not because you need an account to view the service.

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  • HelloHotel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Invite only is a technique that becomes a hinderance and gimmic after about 100k members.

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