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Bots copy pasting Reddit - is there a method to block them all? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by lemmyingly@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I've noticed we have bots copy pasting Reddit submissions. Is there a method to block them all?

I assume they mean good by 'generating' content in communities, but I don't see a reason why anyone would comment on them since the OP is on Reddit and will never read them.

I know I can block each individual account as I come across them but I'd just prefer to block them all so I don't see their content at all.

They appear to do the nice thing by adding a line in the submissions about it being an automated submission. Is there a filter for words/phrase found in the body of a submission?

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That’s due to the users simply not participating. There’s no technical difference between a bot-posted thread and a human-posted one...

Sure there is: when it's a human-posted thread, it means at least one person participated. The difference between one and zero -- between talking to a single other person and talking to an empty room -- is very large.