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Time to unblock lemmit.online? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 days ago by SomethingWentWrong@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca

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lemmit.online is a controversial lemmy server since its sole purpose is to run a bot that mirrors reddit posts to lemmy. Previous discussion 3 years ago about whether to block it: https://lemmy.ca/post/1380644

Currently it is blocked from lemmy.ca and I would like to unblock it to ease weaning off reddit gradually. If I can use lemmy.ca as my main site with links off to reddit on occassion I don't need to use reddit anymore to browse but just drop in for a specific post of interest.

The main complaint is it can fill up the all category with high volume of low interaction posts. This can be dealt with on a per user basis by blocking either the lemmit.online instance or blocking the bot@lemmit.online user.

Looking at the top 10 lemmy instances on https://fedidb.com/software/lemmy here's who allows or blocks the lemmit.online instance:

lemmy.world        ✅
lemmy.ml           ✅
sh.itjust.works    ✅
lemmy.dbzer0.com   ✅
lemmy.ca           ❌
programming.dev    ✅
lemmy.zip          ✅
lemmy.blahaj.zone  ❓
ttrpg.network      ✅
lemmy.one          ✅

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[–] recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Even if lemmy.ca isn't your home instance I'd say that your feedback is still important as it's quite constructive🤗

We should be considering the experience for the average newcomer, and a bunch of empty inactive bot posts isn't great.

I personally agree with this statement. This is a side note but similar to this is why I dislike users who flood the feed solely with their posts as it can make the New tab devoid of user life/activity.