UPDATE: Captcha and Email Verfication Enabled. Potential Spam User Attack - Feddit.uk - Registered user count increasing fast

3 years ago by Sens to c/feddituk

Early last week it was ~600 registered users, then last Friday ~700-800, 5 hours ago it was ~2.8k and now its 3.1k

Update: It has come to my attention that Lemmy is under a spam user registration attack. Feddit.uk is not the only instance affected.

https://lemmy.cat/post/6401

Side note: Starting to notice some instance server load issues here. Not as snappy as it was due to the influx of new spam users.

Update 20th June: Tom has now enabled captcha and email verification on feddit.uk

Don’t forget to check the sidebar out on the feddit.uk homepage and donate to @tom@feddit.uk to assist with server upkeep and hopefully more server resource.

tom 12 points 3 years ago

I've enabled captcha for the login and I've added email verification. This does mean I had to update each of the current users as verified emails however, as otherwise no one would be able to log in.

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Maffrow 1 point 3 years ago

I’ve just tried to sign up for an account and it said it has sent a verification email to me but nothing has arrived or in junk. Should this be an instant thing or are you having to manually do this? Cheers!

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addie 8 points 3 years ago

As an aside, do we have any idea about how expensive it is to host a Lemmy, and therefore what kind of donations are appropriate? I realise that's a difficult question since we're seeing a really massive increase in popularity at the moment, but are we talking a recurring pound-a-month / ten quid a year / @tom will pin a donations thread when the bills are due, or what?

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TIN 4 points 3 years ago

I don't know about anyone else but I'm loving the growth in communities, it's like seeing an old friend when one turns up that you used to love!

Like, oh hey, late stage capitalism got here!

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TIN 4 points 3 years ago

That's amazing!

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Senseibu 4 points 3 years ago

50 more have signed up since I made this post 25 mins ago

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Flax_vert 3 points 3 years ago

I am a human

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SaltMeadow 2 points 3 years ago

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addie 3 points 3 years ago

Greetings, fellow humans.

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Hossenfeffer 2 points 3 years ago

I, too, am a completely normal and usual human unit.

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fyrd 2 points 3 years ago

Hello, fellow humans.

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Senseibu 3 points 3 years ago

The speed of this is crazy, about 200 more have signed up since I posted the original thread.

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retiolus 2 points 3 years ago

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Senseibu 2 points 3 years ago

Iv updated the post with the new developments on this issue

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Senseibu 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah I brought this to his attention in another post. I found out after

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Edlennion 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah, I signed up yesterday (hi everyone!), and was very surprised at the lack of email verification for sign-up. Probably worth the owner adding it if they see this thread

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noodle 2 points 3 years ago

Is there anything we can do to help?

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