@bot@lemmit.online has been subject to multiple reports from our users over the last while.

We would like the users’ input on how to deal with it. It is the opinion of the administrators that @bot@lemmit.online, and @lemmit.online doesn’t add anything positive and constitutes spam. We especially want to make sure we get feedback as we are more likely to be sensitive to bots like this and other forms of spam compared to most users as we’ll often scroll through “All” sorted by new.

Here are the options.

Please vote by up voting on one of the comments below. Downvotes will be ignored. Additional comments and discussion is more than welcome. Results of this discussion will provide us guidance on how to deal with other bots in the future as well.

If you’re not a lemmy.ca registered user, please refrain from voting but feel free to comment with your opinion.

    • Ace T'Ken@lemmy.caEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      Letting users block for themselves was my choice. Lemmy is very customizable and the fewer decisions I have made for me, the better off I feel I am.

      For some users, this bot may help ease the transition from Reddit. If you don’t like it, it’s quite simple to block.

      • jnj@lemmy.caEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, no offense to the admins who I’m sure are just trying to do their users right, but stuff like this is making me see the value of running my own instance, or at perhaps finding a more hands-off one. It’s weird to me that instance admins (or popular votes) make the decisions about what content I get to have access to.

    • mintiefresh@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      This is my choice. I’d prefer defederating is more of a last resort. And we can choose for ourselves what to do.

    • BringMeTheDiscoKing@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’ll block it, you don’t need to protect me. In fact, I would rather you not – as long as the tools I have are adequate to the task.

    • lokyst@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Since this is one “bad” actor and not the case that the entire instance is composed of bad actors, I would prefer banning or blocking over defederating.

      Since the intention of the bot seems to be non-malicious, and since the individual has the means, I think it should be left to the individual to decide to block.

      • charles@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s literally the only user of that instance and the admins of that instance have stated it would remain that way.