Automatic Account Creation

[m88youngling]

This is something we'll need to think about carefully when approaching a public beta.

• [x] User can create an account without needing an admin to do it for them
• [x] Verify account by email
• [x] Some sort of anti-bot safeguards. Recaptcha, limit total users per IP are some ideas I have but there may be better ways
• [ ] We need the user to enter their birthday. We don't have to verify if it's true or not, but this will help us be in compliance with COPPA.
• [ ] If user indicates they are below the age of 13, restrict their access (COPPA). We could also ask them to try again instead of locking them out of the system for a year or two by IP, since they could have entered the wrong date by mistake

[jvyden]

Users can already create accounts by themselves, it's just that our private instance has registrations disabled.

[jvyden]

For the date of birth thing, I would strongly prefer this be done client-side with JavaScript so we aren't handling the data.