Thoughts on reddit reposter bots? (lemmus.org)

submitted 9 months ago by BradPittIsGod@lemmus.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm new to lemmy but would like your opinion about instances like lemmy.online

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 55 points 9 months ago

Useless. It separates the content from OP so they never see replies. Worse than spam, spam at least has a point to it.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

An actual bot can be coded to post every few hours, or even only post if a non bot hasn't posted in x amount of time

What's worse is when a real human takes posts from reddit and spams them for a couple hours all over Lemmy.

I have no idea how many accounts I've blocked for spamming "memes" like that, but it's safely in the double digits.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar 5 points 9 months ago

The NSFW subs are horrible about it. Someone makes a new one and then posts dozens of pictures that all show up at once.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Even worse is the "sfw" ones.

There was one account that made like 5 general ones for celebrities, and then a specific sub for every celebrity. So if he posted once, he posted 5 times in a row.

When I blocked him, there was like 100+ subs. It made browsing /all unbearable.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago

Worse than spam, spam at least has a point to it.

Ehh, it's very clearly labeled for what the purpose is and it's also easy to block (if someone is using the NEW feed and is affected by the volume of posts).

Some people want the functionality of the bot and a big part of the Fediverse is to bring control of a platform back to the user. Lemmit is providing that functionality the right way

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