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this exact post is from the frontpage of r/technology
It's not that hard to make a post with the exact same title as the article. Just because it has the same title, does not mean it's from Reddit. It's directly linked to the BBC.
Is there a mention of a cross-post somewhere? Is that bot copying all submissions from /r/technology directly? That is possible.
karma farming is like heroin to these bot creators. they just need to see a number get bigger so they'll erode any community in their path
Lemmy doesn't natively track karma unless they're doing their own tracking, but even then, nobody else is seeing it unless their client does it.
So basically, karma farming isn't nearly as important on Lemmy.