MicroWaveJun 22, 2023

Lemmy's total users continues to surge to over 1.1 million, up from 740k yesterday!

https://lemmy.world/post/421318

Show threadaverage650
As has been asked every time, how many are bots?
Jun 22, 2023 at 11:46amWeb
Show threadphamanhvu01Jun 22, 2023
Not me lol
Show threadintelatiJun 22, 2023
Exactly what a bot would say
Show threadd00phyJun 22, 2023
Me either. I am a human person just like all of you!
Show threadgrueJun 22, 2023
Negative, I am a meat popsicle.
Show threadNetHandleJun 22, 2023

I guess it's kind of like the saying bad ice effects both teams. Both reddit and the federation are going to have bots. Competitors aren't differentiating bot accounts vs user accounts, so why should the federation?

How many people browsed reddit without an account, but made one for lemmy to show support?
At least one.

Show threadaverage650Jun 22, 2023
I'm sure that reddit and others are aware of bots and doing things to control that situation.
Show threadlemme_at_itJun 23, 2023

Musk complained and tried to worm his way out of the Twitter deal by accusing them of padding user accounts with bots. With an upcoming IPO, Reddit may not be interested in culling bots right now - not when some of us have already fleddit.😅

I do concur though, the fediverse does need to find a way of getting owners doing captcha or something similar by default.