@Matt_Noyes
Yeah, if by open sign-ups they mean you can sign up without admin approval, then this requirement is either hilariously stupid or purposely crafted so that they can exclude most, if not all, other servers except mastodon.social and then just return to the current status quo.

I'd so much like to apply Hanlon's on this, but given how long it took them to start working on this...
@Mastodon