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[–] Communist@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't understand why anyone cares. I'm pro-repost bot, whether a real human posts the content or not makes no difference to me, I just want the content.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The major one I've noticed/been annoyed by is someone reposting r/buildapc questions to Lemmy. None of the responses. No way to communicate to the original redditor to genuinely respond, just...here's the post devoid of all other information.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the most enjoyable, how would you rate that as "content?"

[–] Communist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

1 but I'd also just block that community anyway

I'd also consider the original reddit one a 1

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I want content that’s interesting an engaging. Not a firehose of bullshit drowning out actual posts

Certified suck

[–] Communist@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There appears to be no difference in quality of the content for me.

[–] drivepiler@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Bad content gets downvoted, I'm with you on this one.

[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

in settings you could choose to hide bot accounts

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t want to hide bot accounts, I want spam bots to be taken down so I can still enjoy decent bots.

[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, you kind of just have to deal then, since that's not something that can be programmed in. Your definition of "decent bots" for example, might wildly vary from someone else's definition

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Like pornography, you know it when you see it.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess the easy individual solution is to block those specific repost bot accounts.

But yes, they suck.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that’s the solution. It just fucks over new users who don’t know to block all the spam.

[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I do this, and it has drastically improved my experience. However, I do miss the TLDR bots.

Also, I do share OP’s opinion that a lot of quality comes from interaction, so these re-posts aren’t doing anything for me. I do appreciate that that is a personal opinion though.