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plant@lemmy.stinky.rip 2 days agoIs that a thing that happens from small instances in the fediverse? I’d assume those instances would be defederated pretty quickly if they weren’t actually using the bot flag on accounts.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Oh yes it’s a thing, to a lesser extent than Reddit though obviously. In order for anything to be done about it though, the bot accounts usually have to do something that betrays the fact that they’re bot accounts though. Such as accidentally passing through a variable instead of the value, such as with your post. Hence why you will see people question you
plant@lemmy.stinky.rip 2 days ago
What a brave new world we’re living in.