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[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.

Show threadonoJul 12, 2023

I wondered if there were many people on lemmit.online whose valuable contributions to the community would be cut off if we defederated, so I went over there and found this instance description:

A Reddit to Lemmy crossposting instance.

In other words, the whole place is a reddit copypasta bot. So defederating from the instance and banning the bot would be effectively the same, wouldn’t it?

I prefer the way posts here feel more curated than on reddit, so to me, that bot is mostly just generating noise. But I can understand that some people who rely on social media for news and such might be more likely to spend time here if they can get all the posts in one place. So I’m voting to leave it up to the users. Blocking a single bot for myself is easy.

If it was putting problematic load on the server, though, I think I would consider it spam and vote to defederate.

Show threadXeelee
Agreed. I need a Reddit repost bot like I need a hole in the head. Which means I really don't need it, in case anyone is wondering.
Jul 12, 2023 at 8:36amWeb
Show threadKᑌᔕᕼIᗩJul 12, 2023

I was browsing though that instance and realized I haven’t seen a blatenly fake and terrible post in weeks when I come across one that was titled along the lines of “I love the smell of my vagnina after my boyfriend cums in me”.

Holy crap the posting quality nose dived over the years and I didn’t notice.