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Switorik@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No one engages in bot content and many completely block it.
Comment on Are there any bots that we can use to mirror posts from subreddits?
Switorik@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No one engages in bot content and many completely block it.
icystar@lemmy.cif.su 2 months ago
That’s not true. There’s one bot that routinely posts to news communities called “MicroWave” and there are consistently people engaging with its posts.
Most people don’t even recognize it’s a bot.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 months ago
Yeah, it is true. Check out the lemm.it instance it tried to do exactly what you’re talking about about
icystar@lemmy.cif.su 2 months ago
Somebody already mentioned that, and I mentioned how all the communities are all locked and literally only the bot can post.
irelephant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
alien.top was a thing, and it was hated.
Blaze@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Microwave is not a bot
lemmy.world/post/34751749/18910079
icystar@lemmy.cif.su 2 months ago
18.4k posts, and his only two comments are those.
irelephant@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s because they delete their old comments.
Blaze@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Still not a bot.
If that account is a bot, it should be flagged as such, and LW admins are usually looking closely at those cases.
@MrKaplan@lemmy.world, I assume you checked whether Microwave was a bot or not?