It seems to me that over the last two weeks, the Lemmy experience has been worsening. My front page and communities are filled with Reddit re-posting bots.
While this gives off a feeling of being active, it’s like a ghost town invaded by AI.
But if I block these bots, I also take the risk that I’m unable to participate in actual conversations between non-bot Lemmy participants.
- HSL ( @hsl@wayfarershaven.eu ) 12•1 year ago
This is more of a support question, please see the sidebar for communities that can help you out. Removing under rule #3.
- Blaze (he/him) ( @Blaze@sopuli.xyz ) 9•1 year ago
You need to assess each bot. Usually I have a look, see what content they post and how often, and make a decision
- Rambler ( @Rambler@lemm.ee ) 8•1 year ago
I had the same feeling last week on seeing soo many cross posts from reddit.
As the original thread is taking place elsewhere, there seems no point in posting any comments into the lemmy version of it, or for that matter even seeing it.
I thought we were leaving reddit behind - not dragging it with us.
Alternatively, if this is an attempt to archive all the good stuff, shouldn’t the bot bring the comments too?
- Raisin8659 ( @Raisin8659@monyet.cc ) 3•1 year ago
You can also ignore bot postings that don’ t have comments.
- slaytswiftfan ( @gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
it is worsening imo but for me it’s because the comments on here are generally cynical, negative, and talking down on people. it’s better when you get into more niche communities but I have definitely slowed down with commenting :/ (Which I guess isn’t helping the problem)