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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by jeffhykin@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

If a human posted every 5 min, got 0 upvotes for 20 posts straight, we would ban them for spam. If bots would limit themselves to posting once a day, or once a week, and only post the top-voted non-duplicate post of that timeframe, it would be a dramatic improvement. For once, we might actually see real-lemmy posts along side bot posts, instead of the community being exclusively bots (or 99% bot posts) or exclusively Lemmy users.

I would tell the bot creators myself, except I don't know how to get in contact with them. Is there a consistent way to contact a bot creator?

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[-] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I finally went into my Lemmy settings on a web browser and unchecked 'Show Bot Accounts' after months of tolerating bot posts. It has made a dramatic improvement to my feed.

There were just too many, and some bot posts that have whole bot comment sections too; that was what put it over the top for me to block all bots.

this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2023
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