"I don’t know how to run a community forum in this future.

[aphyr@woof.group]

"I don’t know how to run a community forum in this future. I do not have the time or emotional energy to screen out regular attacks by Large Language Models, with the knowledge that making the wrong decision costs a real human being their connection to a niche community."

https://aphyr.com/posts/389-the-future-of-forums-is-lies-i-guess

[cbleslie@hachyderm.io]

@aphyr maybe a hand written letter, or a postcard before you can get an account? Something like that.

[aphyr@woof.group]

@cbleslie That's actually the best idea I've heard so far haha. I'm pretty sure that would stop 80% of real humans too though. :-/

[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]

@aphyr @cbleslie there are a number of countries where it would be a significant hurdle, because sending a letter is significantly expensive (especially compared to the local wages) or just not a service that is provided.

but it would be *so*cool*