Does anybody knows how long it takes to sign up for the Lemmy.ml instance with an account? It would give me the green wheel and I don't know if I have to wait "x" amount of time or it's just not possible at this time.
My lemmy.ml account was approved a few hours after I applied. I think they just look at your application to check that you're not likely to be a spammer or bot. I don't have the impression they especially try to screen randos for particular interest in the FOSS community, though maybe they do.