Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Meta (lemm.ee)@lemm.ee · 1 year agoWhy are there so many bots all lemmy?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhy are there so many bots all lemmy?Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Meta (lemm.ee)@lemm.ee · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoIs it a matter of simply blocking the users that are bots?
minus-squaretad_lispy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoBlocking is good option to improve individual experience, but a flood of low effort, spammy content from bots makes a very bad first impression on newcomers.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI just blocked the ones doing the reddit archiving. If a bot is annoying you just block it!
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoTheres an option in your profile settings to hide bot accounts
minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIn what client? I’m on Memmy and there doesn’t seem to exist such an option
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoYou’re double posting. Its not in memmy its via the lemmy web ui
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoIm guessing its the memmy bug where it doesn’t seem to post so you hit submit again and then both go through
minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agoIn what client? I’m on Memmy and there doesn’t seem to exist such an option
Is it a matter of simply blocking the users that are bots?
Yeah that’s what I’ve been doing
Blocking is good option to improve individual experience, but a flood of low effort, spammy content from bots makes a very bad first impression on newcomers.
I just blocked the ones doing the reddit archiving. If a bot is annoying you just block it!
Theres an option in your profile settings to hide bot accounts
In what client? I’m on Memmy and there doesn’t seem to exist such an option
You’re double posting.
Its not in memmy its via the lemmy web ui
Double posting??? And thanks btw
Im guessing its the memmy bug where it doesn’t seem to post so you hit submit again and then both go through
Oh crap, well thanks!
In what client? I’m on Memmy and there doesn’t seem to exist such an option