@louis@emacs.ch @selea @downey @sheogorath Nope. It was a oversimplified suggestion. That has little to no bearing on the situation.
Just because users don't have to go through an approval process like dogs at a show. Does not make instances with open signups any less valid, or meaningful.
There are still plenty of spammers and porn peddlers out there on instances that did need to be approved.