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submitted 1 year ago by lemminer@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I have disabled it for myself but want to know what others have experienced.

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 72 points 1 year ago

There are many helpful bots, like the one that corrects community links to be instance-neutral.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 8 points 1 year ago

Thanks! It's nice to see a random praise for one's work!

[-] lemminer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ok. I'll try enabling it and see the difference.

[-] lemminer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Question: Are those "bot accounts" flaired to identify them?

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 13 points 1 year ago

Those that are actually helpful are. Those that try to scam you and pretend they're human aren't flaired. So by unchecking you're only getting rid of the useful bots.

[-] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I think any true "bot" would be flaired correctly. I blocked any bots I did not like, including @bot@lemmit.online

[-] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

I think any true “bot” would be flaired correctly.

Just FYI: The bot checkbox an opt-in thing with no enforcement, so it's basically guaranteed that some developer will eventually either forget to tick the box or deliberately choose not to. These are still early days for Lemmy, so who knows how the situation will eventually evolve... but for now it's basically the wild west.

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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