DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoIs there currently an influx of bots in the Fediverse, or is it just that the usual patriotism is kicking in?message-squaremessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down113
arrow-up1120arrow-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-22 days agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareWiddershins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days 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-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoAFAIK that whole instance is nothing but Reddit repost communities and ought to just be defederated.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days 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.
AFAIK that whole instance is nothing but Reddit repost communities and ought to just be defederated.
oh yea the best of reddit one.
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.