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Is it me or has there been an uptick in bot posts? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago by EABOD25@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Am I just noticing them more now? It's like every other post now is a bot. Please don't tell me that lemmy is about to be like reddit where it's only bots that post anything at all

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Re turning off bot accounts, keep in mind labeled bots probably serve a specific purpose. So turning off bots can result in a poorer user experience.

For example I have bot accounts that post weekly discussion threads for TV shows or discussion threads for films.

If you turn off all bots then you'll never see these discussion threads. (I've seen this happen, users starting a duplicate discussion thread because they hid all bot accounts.)

I would recommend blocking bot accounts you find annoying vs blocking all bots.

[–] FrostyTrichs@walledgarden.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

This is an excellent point. Thanks for taking the time to add this!