Can't create community on my own instance (cake.kobel.fyi)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social

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Hi. I've set up a new single-user instance for myself today and I'm trying to create a local community.

I'm getting this error:

"You are not able to do this action due to being a very new account or because of a low reputation."

Can I somehow get around this limitation?

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[-] Snoopy@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's part of limitation for first account created on piefed to prevent spam and bots. According to the wiki, you just have to wait 24h.

[-] rimu@piefed.social 6 points 6 days ago

Users with the admin role should be exempt from this restriction. @squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi

[-] Snoopy@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I wasn't sure if it also applied to admin, thank i added your reply to the wiki.

https://piefed.social/community/fediverse/wiki/piefed-user-startingpack

this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2026

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