I get why they exist but my new feed gets spammed with the same bot, same article posted to three communities. excessive
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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Sounds good to me but also i can get my news from google news so I hope the bot is posting non-mainstream stuff. reddit felt like democrat astroturfing. like too much majory taylor greene. I like to laugh at em too but it just felt.... bought out. HA. bot out. bought out.
Google news is actually fantastic. I picked it up when Reddit dropped and it’s been a great time killer. Encouraged me to sub to a news site and read articles and less comments. Kbin/lemmy have been like a nicotine patch to get off Reddit.
I don't mind about people only posting news articles, so long as they actively participate to the discussion in the comments.
For bots as long as they identify themselves as bots then at least I can block them if they feel too spammy for me.
I’d prefer we just not have bots in the fediverse but that’s probably impossible
It would be up to moderators of individual communities to proactively ban bots. It's not impossible, but it is unlikely that every community will have that level of moderation.
so far I've seen some bots post articles that setup some pretty decent conversation. I am slightly annoyed that it floods but, I just keep my sorting by stuff that's hot and it's usually good.