Is the Lemmy experience worsening? How do I block Reddit bots but allow participation? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by phario@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It seems to me that over the last two weeks, the Lemmy experience has been worsening. My front page and communities are filled with Reddit re-posting bots.

While this gives off a feeling of being active, it’s like a ghost town invaded by AI.

But if I block these bots, I also take the risk that I’m unable to participate in actual conversations between non-bot Lemmy participants.

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[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

You can turn of all bots in your user settings if you want.

But we are active and i haven't seen AI spam bots that haven't been purged fast.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

Note that you will also block useful bots like that.

[-] godless@latte.isnot.coffee 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, for that reason I'm blocking bots individually. Ideally they'd give repost bots a separate identifier to block them specifically, but that requires the bot-dev to denominate them explicitly. Doubt many would do that.

[-] Laxaria@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For the time being the bot account flag is voluntary anyway, so there's nothing stopping a repost bot from not indicating they are one.

Block and move on is the most straightforward solution at the moment.

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