Ultimately, we face too much daily spam from non-paid users and bots that make it hard for our small team (me, @matt) to do much of anything else besides fight them off. So temporarily closing Free accounts is the easiest way to slow the tide a bit. After a little progress elsewhere, I'm sure we'll open up Free accounts again in the future.
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After that, you can always get a free account by asking an existing Write.as user for an invite.
Otherwise, you can support our independent, 10-year-old publishing platform by subscribing to Write.as Pro! (https://write.as/pro)
And of course, you can always join one of the many independent @writefreely communities out there (https://writefreely.org/instances).
Ultimately, we face too much daily spam from non-paid users and bots that make it hard for our small team (me, @matt) to do much of anything else besides fight them off. So temporarily closing Free accounts is the easiest way to slow the tide a bit. After a little progress elsewhere, I'm sure we'll open up Free accounts again in the future.
Also, more updates and info on this forum thread: https://discuss.write.as/t/closing-new-free-registrations-tonight/17890
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