DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agoIs there currently an influx of bots in the Fediverse, or is it just that the usual patriotism is kicking in?message-squaremessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down112
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareIs there currently an influx of bots in the Fediverse, or is it just that the usual patriotism is kicking in?DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareWiddershins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·15 hours agoThere is a bot that posts nothing but links to reddit threads. I could block it or bots in general but then I won’t be able to downvote the posts it makes. It moderates the communities it posts to so reporting it would do fuck all.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agooh yea the best of reddit one.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·14 hours agoAFAIK that whole instance is nothing but Reddit repost communities and ought to just be defederated.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoyou could make a bot that downvotes their posts and still block them. only way to stop a bad bot with a bot is a good bot with a bot.
There is a bot that posts nothing but links to reddit threads. I could block it or bots in general but then I won’t be able to downvote the posts it makes. It moderates the communities it posts to so reporting it would do fuck all.
oh yea the best of reddit one.
AFAIK that whole instance is nothing but Reddit repost communities and ought to just be defederated.
you could make a bot that downvotes their posts and still block them.
only way to stop a bad bot with a bot is a good bot with a bot.