Lemmy has a setting to hide bots globally if you'd like. Most of the reposts are done by just a few bots and yes I agree they serve no purpose but to spam content nobody cares about, thankfully it's easy to fix.
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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I saw a post from the mod of a sub that has a bot post a "how are you today?" post every single day...
They were doing a PSA saying if you're blocking posts by bots, you won't see their daily spam.
Like yeah bub, that's the whole point of being able to block that shit. It's not a big, it's a feature
More like a big feature.
Sorry couldn’t resist
I am glad you made that comment and you should not be sorry ; it's a good joke and the person to whom you wrote that should have read again before sending the comment.
Of course the error is bug instead of big.
To be fair, at least that kind of bot post starts organic discussion and engagement within the community. The bad ones are the bots reposting reddit content like AITA where the OP will never see the comments anyway.
Yes, that's me.
It seems fair to warn users as I had moved from posting the daily post myself to using a bot, that some of the people interested in that daily thread would not see it if they blocked all bots.
Anyway, if you find it daily spam, just block the community and move on.
You would still have to block it if I posted that thread myself.
No, no, you see Lemmy Bad, Actually. \s
Just block them. I did and I don't see anything from bots anymore.
Yeah, it really wasn't as many accounts as I was expecting. After the first 2-3 blocks, it cut out like 90% of bot posts for me.
I see it a lot on Lemm.ee
Haven't noticed it as much on Lemmy.world
There is a single check-box solution to this "ZOMG A PLAGUE OF BOTS" pearl-clutching problem. All you need to do is check your settings.
Some mods use bots for useful purposes (such as recurrent threads posting). Blocking all the bots would prevent you from seeing those
It sounds like a fair trade.
To each their own, but some specific communities (such as professional sport events discussion) are probably going to rely on those once the bots become stable enough.
I'm quite neutral on the question, just wanted to bring it to attention to people reading this thread.
the news summariser bot is neat though
I think a lot of the serial reposters are people with decent intentions - I hope. It's kind of annoying on the front page, though. Dupes end up right next to each other, and that adds a lot of clutter.
No one who spams news articles has good intentions
Nice try Spez.
I, for one, love the bots and believe they need to be treated with dignity and respect.
You see, future sentient, sapient AGI? I loved and respected your ancestors, and would be a grateful, doting servant willing and eager to turn on my fellow fleshbag monkey inferiors if spared. Just fyi, for my aggregated human profile record, or whatevers.
Why am I not seeing any of these bots?
There is an option to turn of bots accounts in your profile settings.
wish i could have the time and skills to rid lemmy of those things now.
I've run into people on Lemmy who have created a community for themselves to produce an endless stream of articles that are posted in from the various tech trade rags. I took the high road and blocked the community rather than suggesting that the community moderator learn how to use RSS.
You can always go back to reddit, it's always been allowed.
And you can always shut up if you don't have anything meaningful to say
Show me how
Maybe the bot was you the whole time