Comment on The people going 'monk mode' to limit social media use
remotelove@lemmy.ca 8 months agoDon’t hate on the summary bot. It’s actually useful and a hell of a lot better than clicking through to the site.
Also, it’s an article from the BBC, not Reddit?
three@lemm.ee 8 months ago
this exact post is from the frontpage of r/technology
remotelove@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
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?
three@lemm.ee 8 months ago
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
Jamie@jamie.moe 8 months ago
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.
remotelove@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
News aggregation bots are not quite in that same category.
I hate bots that repost from the same community, comment reposting bots or other bots that are designed specifically for karma farming. From that perspective, yes. I am right there with you.
However, bots that perform an actual function are useful. It’s why bots are allowed to begin with, actually.