“You can be pretty sure anyone with 1488 or even just 88 in their user name is a nazi, for example.

Speaking of which, PieFed has an optional approval queue for new registrations. New accounts with “88” in their name are always put in a different /dev/null queue that leads nowhere. The UI tells them they’re waiting for approval but that approval will never come.”

https://join.piefed.social/2024/06/22/piefed-features-for-growing-healthy-communities/

This is ham-fisted. People born in 1988 or August 8th or people of east asian descent might all like the number 88 or 888888