XMPP Service Operators - 2026-03-17

Would like to not have to block conversations.im from my mucs. Currently it's too easy for morph to make accounts there on a whim within minutes of each other.

just go moderated for a couple days should do the trick

even if you block c.im theyll just use another server so its honestly a little pointless

really depends on your goals for the MUC. I could never go moderated on my big public one, but we have a lot of other restrictions in place

Except they aren't

There was three or four servers morph was able to make bs accounts on easily and within the span of minutes, after exhausting their stockpile of throwaway accounts. Conversations.im was the primary one that primarily hosts legitimate users and isn't a poorly maintained or forgotten about host.

one of the other ones is chatterboxtown.us which is apparently a cheogram default 🤨

Yeah that one.

Too many people make a storm in a tea cup over Morph. It just feeds them. The Usenet adage is a proven technique, and easily applicable here, do not feed the trolls. Incidentally, the same can be applied to narcissists. Simplicity over complexity.

That doesn't help me restore full federation with c.im

plus, is morph an actual impactful threat? i tend to associate that name with some human-written trolling behavior that can be easily bannable, rather than something much more disruptive like spambots

theres people literally advertising their open reg servers in other MUCs. So I guess the adage (of running faster than the next guy) applies well ✏

Storm in a tea cup.

Indeed. The human level trolls also usually give up for awhile after concerted mod action IME

how do i add age verification to my server?

do i just ask for ID pic and selfie?

If serious just do whatever Meta does

obviously depends on the exact regulation in the country your server is located.

> do i just ask for ID pic and selfie? I think you need to then verify it with some verification service ↺

So you know it's not fake

I don't think that is a general requirement

> I don't think that is a general requirement to make it more reliable ig

if you did an honest good effort and were fooled by someone that is typically ok. again depends on the exact legislation in the country in question.

involving a 3rd party is often legally tricky as well

I would try to avoid that if I were hosting in a country that required such nonsense age verifications

they dont require, i just want to

> do i just ask for ID pic and selfie? Yes, then sell it to advertisers and govts ↺

great idea

you really are the best

I mean that's the whole point of all these laws and why facebook is bankrolling them so /shrug

depending on the area, a html checkbox might be all you need

which tbf if i ever made my hs more open than "invite tree" i would probably do just for my own comfort