ai bots are overwhelming the signup application process for fediverse servers. so how do you build community when you cannot distinguish between an LLM and a human anymore?
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr168-llms-join-the-fediverse/
Hi @fediversereport,
know the humans beforehand in person. Hand out invitation tokens.
Excuse my caps:
WEB OF TRUST!!!
:) But seriously, this problem was solved forever ago. Web of Trust technologies allow humans to vouch for each other, to see the web of who vouched for whom, and to integrate those approvals into larger systems.
It's a hobby horse of mine, that so many problems we bring up on social media, and media in general, can be addressed using these old, forgotten technologies.
It's not only about protecting instances from bots but goes even into keeping your social media feeds free of jerks you don't want to see.
@fediversereport
