nostr:npub1e92navfan2934eu7w9qk22qvfz6kpt86zfjrffvsh4jt6qyue72semtnc8 Hi there.

There are a couple of reasons for this:

- I like the sense of control

- I want to "know" the users who sign up here

- This way I'm more sure they accept the rules

- I can control the resources of the server better when I know the user number in real time

- I don't want it to grow too fast or too big

- It feels nice to welcome each and everyone myself, it's something that I like to do

- This way I can help the users better right from the start while welcoming them here, for example if people join from X/Twitter etc.

- To manage spam/scam profiles

- When the userbase is sound, I don't have to look for moderators any time soon

These are the main points.