Yeah. Email is baked into the software so a throwaway is needed for technical reasons, but only for registration and password recovery. I don’t have any e-mail services blocked. You are encouraged to use a throwaway e-mail service unless you want password recovery and (optional) email notifications to work.

Recently we added manual account activation due to a spam wave. You don’t have to write an essay outlining your ideological beliefs or anything. It is strictly an anti-bot measure.