ZyratoxxJun 22, 2023

Have you already encountered those new bots on Lemmy?

https://lemm.ee/post/228601

Have you already encountered those new bots on Lemmy? - lemm.ee

With all these new bot instances popping up, have you already seen these accounts actually raiding stuff? And can/do we defederate from those instances?

Show thread_tinker_Jun 22, 2023
CW: Homphobia. I've only seen one thread attacked by a bot so far. It repeatedly posted a loooong homophobic comment pretending to be a thoughtful and objective analysis of why gay men have lower life expectancy due to being "sExuaL" and apparently "DiSeAsEd". It posted the same comment multiple times in the thread and responded to multiple comments including its own with the same comment over and over again. Not super jazzed to see that crap here, hoping we can avoid a botpocalypse on the Fediverse.
Show thread_tinker_Jun 22, 2023
I had to remember where I blocked that "user", it was over on my Kbin account. Here is the user if anyone wants to preview them and preemptively block them: https://kbin.social/u/dickusmungus/comments
Show threadKostas
Hey thanks for the link. That is a sad account.
Jun 22, 2023 at 2:12pmWeb
Show thread_tinker_Jun 22, 2023
No problem! I went back and looked through the comments and posts again and now I'm uncertain if it is actually a bot or just a really sick person acting like one. Either way, I've blocked them. I was on a thread about cookies missing chocolate chips of all places for that nonsense to show up.