Comment on Opinions wanted: defederating with bot spam instances
Spzi@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Just today I blocked a bot and a very active user (?) because they clutter my feed.
I mostly blame the poor Lemmy algorithms. I select “New Comments” and still get 33% posts with 0 comments and 1 points, shared between two accounts. I’d rather see a post from yesterday with actual engagement.
Yes, I very much agree with the general lemm.ee policy. But I also found your argument convincing:
These bots ruin the experience on Lemmy for new users.
Trying to be constructive, I have two thoughts:
- Can we hear opinions in favor of these accounts with thousands of posts, most of which are 1 points, 0 comments?
- How about reaching out to these accounts, asking them to post less, or less non-engaging stuff?
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 year ago
To address your 2nd point, lemmit.online addresses that in their FAQ, they won’t tone down the posting and suggest defederating if you dislike the automated content
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year ago
Gross.
impiri@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Why is it gross? They’re posting things on their own server as a service to users who want it. They’re not being dishonest or deceitful about it.
Spzi@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I question how many users actually want it, and want it that way.
On the other side, it annoys other people so much they consider defederation, beyond blocking.
Yes, they have the right to do what they want on their server alright. I still think one should be mindful of your own impact on society.
I guess in this case I’d like it to be opt-in. Like an hourly newsletter. Technically cool to offer it, unless it’s opt-out. But Lemmy doesn’t work that way, right?
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year ago
I know my personal persuasion to the defederation question and knowing I’m biased, kept it to myself. It’s their instance and they must know they run the risk of other instances defederating because of their choices. I did however, post my personal feels and left it at that for a reason, but since you asked. why not? Because I was actually enjoying not having this instance becoming another *eddit and *eta so soon. I like the general tone and generally more thoughtful and thought provoking conversations here. Yes, I’m here for self-expression, and I like learning beyond my own nation’s narrative, and - I’m here for the memes, too. Just not so repetitively that that consumes most of the time I spend here; there are other places for that.
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year ago
I know my personal persuasion to the defederation question and knowing I’m biased, kept it to myself. It’s their instance and they must know they run the risk of other instances defederating because of their choices. I did however, post my personal feels and left it at that for a reason, but since you require that information, why not? Because I was actually enjoying not having this instance becoming another *eddit and *eta so soon. I like general tone and generally more thoughtful and thought provoking conversations here. Yes, I’m here for self-expression, and I like learning beyond my own nation’s narrative.