I keep seeing communities which seem to consist of nothing but a bot that reposts stuff from Reddit.
What’s the point? Really? I ain’t posting a comment about a funny thing there. No one seems to post about the the second-hand funny thing here.
Can we please just sever ties with that shithole altogether?
Block the bots making those posts, there are only around 3 or so that keep spamming. Your feed will feel a lot better after.
Liberal use of the block feature has made the Fediverse so much more pleasant. I can’t recommend it enough!
Which ones?
Not the OP, but I’ve got the following bots blocked and it massively improved my Lemmy experience.
- TushyBot@booty.world
- bot@lemmit.online
- linkbot@lemmy.link
- video_feed_bot
- bOt@zerobytes.monster
- rlululemon@lululemmy.com
Not unilaterally. Linking to reddit is fine, but bots that just repost links are not. If you, a person, find something on reddit that’s worthwhile (a comic that’s only posted on reddit, or a thread detailing a tech solution, or something else) and link it, then that’s fine. You, a person, found value on another site and shared it. I don’t care what a bot thinks. I care what you, my fellow lemming, thinks.
If you don’t like it, block them.
Thanks I will, but the theme of the community is not what I object to, it’s the link to Reddit content.