So I post a fair number of links to youtube videos on !sumo@lemmy.world and !gothindustrial@lemmy.world and sometimes a couple of movie-related comms. Anyway, recently lemmy.world updated their server software and the way that they handle youtube thumbnails. So I wanted to check it out.
So I went to create an account on lemmy.world. So I entered my email info, and where it asked for an explanation I explained that this is sergio@slrpnk.net wanting to post to those communities.
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First of all, their captcha is really difficult. I could not figure out the first 3 that it presented so I kept hitting the icon to get a new one. The 4th one I thought I knew so I entered it.
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So I tried to log in and it said “did not verify email.” OK, so I go to my email, find the link, click it and enter my password and it says “registration application denied”
I’m not complaining about either one. I don’t really mind having a tough captcha if it keeps out bots. I guess I don’t mind having my registration application denied, though I wish it told me why. Did I get the captcha wrong? Did I say something wrong in my application text? Should I try again later? Weirdly enough, https://lemmy.world/u/sergio does exist and it was created at the time that I signed up for that account.
Anyway, that’s one example of the problems a new user can have trying to join lemmy.
Pawb was very explicit about needing manual review and approval though. I was never confused during the process.
Yeah I kinda remember the slrpk.net process also included a manual review. If that’s the case for lemmy.world maybe the admins could just update their account creation text to explain that.
The “registration application denied” text sounds kinda final too.