Looking for a PieFed instance that doesn't require me to provide an email address
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There's no such thing.
Confirming an email address is how sites protect themselves. They need to be able to track you down if you post something illegal, to cover their own ass.
(Maybe someone will answer to prove me wrong, Cunningham's Law.)
Lemmy allows instance administrators to choose whether or not email is is required for registration. All the Lemmy accounts I have used have been without an email address. I am not sure if PieFed does not offer that option, or if there are simply no anonymous PieFed instances at the moment. Which is totally understandable.
Getting a new email takes like a whole minute.
Requiring an email does make it harder for spammers though.
Even most Lemmy instances seem to be getting more strict on their entrance policies these days.
Many say moderation issues will be the downfall of federated platforms.
So expect moderation policies to tighten, not loosen over time.
Anyone who does not enjoy spam and trolling will rejoice at the trend of tighter controls, while anyone who prefers 4chan can still meet their own needs, hopefully not at the expense of the rest of us. I would of course hope for a nice balance between those extremes, and naively would have thought that a simple email address and perhaps quick human test would have been sufficient for that?
I hope a balance can be found too.
Probably have to host their own instance
Piefed admin here, afaik there's no way to make emails optional on our side. Closest thing we can do is make verifying them not necessary.
The spammers would love you for that.
And I love them, too
So I should be able to just enter
[email protected]as my email address? How can I tell whether or not a given instance requires verification?PieFed dev here.
Yes, you can use an email address like that, if someone else hasn't already.
There is no way to tell. I don't want to make it easier for spammers & trolls to find instances that are easy targets.
On instances that require verification you can use a disposable email address generator site but admins will get a warning about that next to your application (if they are doing applications). If they trust you for some other reason then you'll be approved anyway.
Just use https://www.fakemailgenerator.com/ or some other service like that.
Is there a reason why simplelogin.io wouldn't suffice?
I'm not trying to be condescending or snarky, just seeking to absorb.