• Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    Most bots are like ads.

    Everyone can install an ad-blocker. But it would be better if that collective effort was not needed.

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      4 months ago

      there should be a simple little checkbox in your settings if you don’t want to see bots.

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        4 months ago

        It kinda reads like you are saying ‘Someone should create this’ when you really mean ‘It is there if you look’.

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          3 months ago

          fair point, that was a bit of an ambiguous wording. thank you for clarifying for folks!

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            4 months ago

            I turned off bot accounts because there was (maybe still is but idk) so many Reddit bots just posting links, which wouldn’t be bad but there was 0 comments consistently so they felt more like spam to me

            Edit: this was back during the Reddit exodus when I made my lemmy account

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              3 months ago

              i found there to just be a few prolific reddit repost bots, so i just blocked them individually. i actually personally appreciate bots like that mbfc bot though.

              edit: fixed a typo