So I was on the Mlem app and I see post after post made by bot. I’m assuming this really is a bot? Some new communities only seem to have posts made by bots, and in the text it says that they copied a post from Reddit. What’s going on? I don’t see the same thing when I’m on Lemmy through the weblink. Is there something I should do with those posts? Ignore them? Is there something wrong with the Mlem app?

  • NumberedDuck@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The account name is just bot or lemmybot and I saw lots of the posts you describe in explainlikeim5 for example, but I don’t remember from which instance this community was. Not the one on Lemmy.world. But there were more communities with lots of bot posts like that.

    And I do put my app when I open it on all. So I can see the other instances and find new communities I want to join. I also put my weblink on all. So that can’t be making te difference in why I don’t see any bots on the weblink and almost only botposts on my Mlem app.

    So I can just block it? It’s not like real people also post in that community that could be of interest? It’s just a bot community? And how do I block it? (Haven’t tried it or looked for it myself)