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[Lemmy.ca Discussion] What should we do about Lemmit.online (self.main)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by TruckBC to c/main
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@[email protected] has been subject to multiple reports from our users over the last while.

We would like the users' input on how to deal with it. It is the opinion of the administrators that @[email protected], and @lemmit.online doesn't add anything positive and constitutes spam. We especially want to make sure we get feedback as we are more likely to be sensitive to bots like this and other forms of spam compared to most users as we'll often scroll through "All" sorted by new.

Here are the options.

Please vote by up voting on one of the comments below. Downvotes will be ignored. Additional comments and discussion is more than welcome. Results of this discussion will provide us guidance on how to deal with other bots in the future as well.

If you're not a lemmy.ca registered user, please refrain from voting but feel free to comment with your opinion.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I’m from lemmy.world. What is this bot you’re talking about? I haven’t had the misfortune of running into it. What makes it spam?

Edit: Thanks everyone for your helpful answers! Based on the responses below, I believe you should definitely defederate.

[–] TruckBC 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@[email protected], it posts links to Reddit posts in corresponding communities on https://lemmit.online. 99% of it's posts get no engagement.

Unless you're browning all instances sorted by new, you would never notice it's activity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you. That sounds highly annoying.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don’t see anything from the bot because lemmy.world already defederated from lemmit.online.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Talk about unexpected privileges. Thanks for your answer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It usually only show up in New Because no one upvoting it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you!