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Bot infestation?
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this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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What is the account name, community name, or instance name you see in the app? It could be that the app is showing you the all feed, which also shows other instances, and the web defaults to subscribed or local.
I've seen a bot posting to Lemmit Online. It's just reposts of reddit threads. I've blocked it since it's a useless bot.
The account name is just bot or lemmybot and I saw lots of the posts you describe in explainlikeim5 for example, but I don’t remember from which instance this community was. Not the one on Lemmy.world. But there were more communities with lots of bot posts like that.
And I do put my app when I open it on all. So I can see the other instances and find new communities I want to join. I also put my weblink on all. So that can’t be making te difference in why I don’t see any bots on the weblink and almost only botposts on my Mlem app.
So I can just block it? It’s not like real people also post in that community that could be of interest? It’s just a bot community? And how do I block it? (Haven’t tried it or looked for it myself)