[Lemmy.ca Discussion] What should we do about Lemmit.online

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[Lemmy.ca Discussion] What should we do about Lemmit.online - Lemmy.ca

@bot@[email protected] [https://lemmit.online/u/bot] has been subject to multiple reports from our users over the last while. We would like the users’ input on how to deal with it. It is the opinion of the administrators that @[email protected], and @lemmit.online doesn’t add anything positive and constitutes spam. We especially want to make sure we get feedback as we are more likely to be sensitive to bots like this and other forms of spam compared to most users as we’ll often scroll through “All” sorted by new. Here are the options. - Defederate from Lemmit.Online - Ban @bot@[email protected] [https://lemmit.online/u/bot] from lemmy.ca [http://lemmy.ca] - leave it up to users to block @bot@[email protected] [https://lemmit.online/u/bot] Please vote by up voting on one of the comments below. Downvotes will be ignored. Additional comments and discussion is more than welcome. Results of this discussion will provide us guidance on how to deal with other bots in the future as well.

I’m from lemmy.world. What is this bot you’re talking about? I haven’t had the misfortune of running into it. What makes it spam?

@[email protected], it posts links to Reddit posts in corresponding communities on lemmit.online. 99% of it’s posts get no engagement.

Unless you’re browning all instances sorted by new, you would never notice it’s activity.

@bot - Lemmit

I fetch Reddit posts, and post them to Lemmy. Got questions? They might very well be answered in my FAQ [https://lemmit.online/post/14692], but feel free to add your own questions to that topic. Otherwise, feel free to contact @[email protected] [https://lemmit.online/u/admin].

Thank you. That sounds highly annoying.