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[Lemmy.ca Discussion] What should we do about Lemmit.online (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TruckBC@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca
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@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.

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[–] phario@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I originally felt that option 2 would be the best since it would give us the most freedom and power.

However there is another important perspective. If there was a spammer in a community, then a solution isn’t just to “not look”, since it negatively affects other members of the community who might look. It’s our responsibility to make the community better (obviously there is some subjectivity to that).

Another point is that bandwidth is not free. This is a choice that clutters up the community and lessens the ability for others to communicate.

Finally there is no loss of information. If people want Reddit posts they can go there.

I also changed to option 1.