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 Wot is a bad and lazy way . Not needed
  
 What’s bad and lazy? 
 Wot

Admins can fix the problem at the relay level with existing tools
 
 What tools? 
 There  are policies for the  strfry relay that can do all the work. 

The ditto relay has policies baked in it and filters out some spam out of the box by verifying that users have a profile for example.



 
 So … validating user metadata at the relay level is your thing. 

I agree that ALL tools should be used to deter bots and bad actors, and that these filters should prolly be implemented on the server side for best performance. 

But you’re saying that validating against follows follows is lazy and wrong? 

It’s just another tool… what am I missing? 
 It's not addressing the problem. It's a bandaid. The problem needs to be solved at the relay level. They are essentially slowly getting ddosed with spam that will fill up their database and waste network resources. 

Sure with wot, your little follower safe space seems cool but what's happening underneath is slowly destroying the relays you love.