Was on the other site when a commenter pointed out a response that and like 5 or 6 replies to that comment that were all bots. I am finally getting exposed to the concept of dead internet theory. So, how prevalent are bots on a place like lemmy? Are there natural safeguards against bots? I’m not an engineer and probably need a dumbed down explanation. But I did make it to lemmy! So I’ve got that going for me…
I have maybe 5 users tagged as Russian bots, whether or not they are is debatable but they don’t seem to comment on or post anything but Russian State propaganda.
lol your .ml admins are gonna ban you for “russophobia”, maybe switch instances?
I keep meaning to. But it’ll be like the 4th time I’ve done that. I have yet to find an instance I’m happy with
your own instance
I mean, I don’t even use Linux, I’m not sure that’s possible. No no no, I shall continue to migrate until I find the Goldilocks instance.
you don’t need to use linux to host your own instance.
That was a joke.
Most people on Lemmy with the technical knowledge and hardware to host their own instance would also almost certainly be Linux users.