@bot@lemmit.online has been subject to multiple reports from our users over the last while.

We would like the users’ input on how to deal with it. It is the opinion of the administrators that @bot@lemmit.online, and @lemmit.online doesn’t add anything positive and constitutes spam. We especially want to make sure we get feedback as we are more likely to be sensitive to bots like this and other forms of spam compared to most users as we’ll often scroll through “All” sorted by new.

Here are the options.

Please vote by up voting on one of the comments below. Downvotes will be ignored. Additional comments and discussion is more than welcome. Results of this discussion will provide us guidance on how to deal with other bots in the future as well.

If you’re not a lemmy.ca registered user, please refrain from voting but feel free to comment with your opinion.

  • ono@lemmy.caEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    I wondered if there were many people on lemmit.online whose valuable contributions to the community would be cut off if we defederated, so I went over there and found this instance description:

    A Reddit to Lemmy crossposting instance.

    In other words, the whole place is a reddit copypasta bot. So banning the bot would be effectively the same as defederating from the instance, wouldn’t it?

    I prefer the way posts here feel more curated than on reddit, so to me, that bot is mostly just generating noise. But I can understand that some people who rely on social media for news and such might be more likely to spend time here if they can get all the posts in one place. So I’m voting to leave it up to the users. Blocking a single bot for myself is easy.

    If it was putting problematic load on the server, though, I think I would consider it spam and vote to defederate.

    • Xeelee@kbin.social
      15·
      1 year ago

      Agreed. I need a Reddit repost bot like I need a hole in the head. Which means I really don’t need it, in case anyone is wondering.

      • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
        5·
        1 year ago

        I was browsing though that instance and realized I haven’t seen a blatenly fake and terrible post in weeks when I came across one that was titled along the lines of “I love the smell of my vagnina after my boyfriend cums in me”.

        Holy crap the posting quality on Reddit nose dived over the years and I didn’t notice.

    • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      On the plus side they’re quite open and honest about what exactly they’re doing. Its just up to people to decide if they want it or not.

    • Great Blue Heron@lemmy.caEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      I agree that defederating and banning the bot are effectively the same. Defederating seems a bit cleaner to me, so that’s what I voted for.

      If people really want the content they can still go directly to the instance and get it. I know that seems to go against the grain of the fediverse and I’m still struggling with that.