Lemmy has a setting to hide bots globally if you'd like. Most of the reposts are done by just a few bots and yes I agree they serve no purpose but to spam content nobody cares about, thankfully it's easy to fix.
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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What is this magic you speak of... where do I find said setting?
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click your name in the upper right corner, settings, unmark show bot accounts.
But i would recommend to just block the bots on your frontpage that happen to annoy you.
understood, thanks.
No, no, you see Lemmy Bad, Actually. \s
There is a single check-box solution to this "ZOMG A PLAGUE OF BOTS" pearl-clutching problem. All you need to do is check your settings.
Some mods use bots for useful purposes (such as recurrent threads posting). Blocking all the bots would prevent you from seeing those
It sounds like a fair trade.
To each their own, but some specific communities (such as professional sport events discussion) are probably going to rely on those once the bots become stable enough.
I'm quite neutral on the question, just wanted to bring it to attention to people reading this thread.
Just block them. I did and I don't see anything from bots anymore.
Yeah, it really wasn't as many accounts as I was expecting. After the first 2-3 blocks, it cut out like 90% of bot posts for me.
It concerns me that it makes Lemmy look even more empty than it is when every post 2nd is from a repost bot with no engagement
I think a lot of the serial reposters are people with decent intentions - I hope. It's kind of annoying on the front page, though. Dupes end up right next to each other, and that adds a lot of clutter.
No one who spams news articles has good intentions
Honestly the Reddit repost bots are just egregious. The ones that INFURIATE me are the ones just reposting links to the Reddit threads themselves with no comments here
the news summariser bot is neat though
I see it a lot on Lemm.ee
Haven't noticed it as much on Lemmy.world
Nice try Spez.
I, for one, love the bots and believe they need to be treated with dignity and respect.
You see, future sentient, sapient AGI? I loved and respected your ancestors, and would be a grateful, doting servant willing and eager to turn on my fellow fleshbag monkey inferiors if spared. Just fyi, for my aggregated human profile record, or whatevers.
You can always go back to reddit, it's always been allowed.
Why am I not seeing any of these bots?
I've run into people on Lemmy who have created a community for themselves to produce an endless stream of articles that are posted in from the various tech trade rags. I took the high road and blocked the community rather than suggesting that the community moderator learn how to use RSS.
wish i could have the time and skills to rid lemmy of those things now.