Gitea: all websites reset + manual activation
Posted: 2021-07-21, 08:31
Because of an issue with paid SEO data entry drones abusing the repo I've cleared all website URLs in all user accounts on the repo.
If you had previously set one, you will have to go in and re-set it.
On top, I've now made it so new accounts have to manually activated. If you wish to contribute, file an issue, or comment on issues, and you are a new registration, then you will have to be patient as your account will be manually activated before you can do so.
Having it open for self-activation has simply resulted in way too many fake accounts that just want SEO for websites. This is why we can't have nice things in 2021.
initially I checked accounts to see if there was a pattern and removed a bunch that way, and I could have gone through and manually check every account created but that was simply way too much work (and prone to me making mistakes).
Since the repo is primarily for our own use, I think this kind of gating is a fair measure.
EDIT: does look like I have to try and update the gitea version for all of this to work, so expect some downtime.
If you had previously set one, you will have to go in and re-set it.
On top, I've now made it so new accounts have to manually activated. If you wish to contribute, file an issue, or comment on issues, and you are a new registration, then you will have to be patient as your account will be manually activated before you can do so.
Having it open for self-activation has simply resulted in way too many fake accounts that just want SEO for websites. This is why we can't have nice things in 2021.
initially I checked accounts to see if there was a pattern and removed a bunch that way, and I could have gone through and manually check every account created but that was simply way too much work (and prone to me making mistakes).
Since the repo is primarily for our own use, I think this kind of gating is a fair measure.
EDIT: does look like I have to try and update the gitea version for all of this to work, so expect some downtime.