I've started to notice this as well. @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz makes up most of the post traffic on the mander.xyz communities, and the account posts multiple times an hour, almost constantly. They post scientific articles, which while topically relevant, are spam-y.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026
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How so?
I am a human posting, there is nothing automated about what I do.
I always try to post high quality stuff and I encourage you to contribute!
I want more interesting science news here that isn't superficial, I want science news that links right to papers encouraging people to open them up and poke around. This is why I post so much to mander.xyz, I am tired of waiting for that future.
Yeah sorry, I had assumed your posts were automated since they were so constant and whenever I looked at your profile it seemed like all that was there was an endless stream of article posts. After making the above comment though, I looked again and saw breaks and comments for the first time, realized my mistake, and then deleted my post.
EDIT: I think I deleted my post. It looks deleted to me, but maybe it doesn't look deleted from other instances? I apologize again.
All three of those were banned a month or two ago on lemmy.ml.
Relatedly, the imperial shill accounts are still active.
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Looks like they've all already been banned here a while ago. Thanks for the heads up.
Is the exact problem here that they do not self-identify as automated accounts, or are automated posters a problem per se?
Auto-repost-bots are far from anything new. Did you check with the mods of the communities in question?