Cabeza2000Aug 7, 2023

Do we really need these many posting bots?

https://lemm.ee/post/3394907

Do we really need these many posting bots? - lemm.ee

Every day I am noticing more and posts by bots. At first it didn’t bother me as I thought bot posting may incentivate people to comment but since this rarely happens and now I think they are just polluting the communities. I know I can filter them but I wonder what is the general sentiment about this.

Show threadchairman

I am ok with bots as long as:

  • The posts are labelled clearly as such that it’s posted by a bot

  • The account itself has some clear indication that it’s a bot

    • By fulfilling this requirements, everyone can decide I’d they want to see these posts or block them.

    *** I block some bots…

    Aug 7, 2023 at 9:29amWeb
    Show threadDouble_AAug 7, 2023
    I actually dislike posts that have a bunch of clutter in the title… It just makes it look fake.
    Show threadbionicjoeyAug 7, 2023
    Disagree with your first point. If the account itself is labelled as a bot then that’s good enough. I’m mostly on Jerboa and it adds an icon next to bot accounts’ usernames.
    Show threadfknAug 7, 2023
    That’s literally their first point. How do you disagree with it when you have and use it? What?
    Show threadericAug 7, 2023
    The distinction you are missing is indicating the post is from a bot rather than indicating the account is a bot. The difference in that distinction is that many Lemmy readers will not indicate anywhere on a post that it is from a bot simply because the account is labeled as a bot.