Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's your take on the bots here?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your take on the bots here?Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.socialcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI think this sufficiently sums up my take: The fact that that’s an option at all makes Lemmy considerably better than Reddit.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoProblem is it requires bot runners to be honest.
minus-squarem_f@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agoYou can probably get your instance admin to ban any bot accounts that aren’t being honest, which is also a step up for Reddit.
minus-squareJiminaMann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agohow do we distinguish bots from real accounts?
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIf we want to, how do we disincentive them?
I think this sufficiently sums up my take:
The fact that that’s an option at all makes Lemmy considerably better than Reddit.
Problem is it requires bot runners to be honest.
You can probably get your instance admin to ban any bot accounts that aren’t being honest, which is also a step up for Reddit.
how do we distinguish bots from real accounts?
If we want to, how do we disincentive them?