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Does anyone know who is running the cm0002 accounts? (communick.news)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip
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I see bot accounts from username cm0002 on many different instances. At least on the communities I see/moderate, the content is legit, so this is not a complaint, just curiosity.

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[–] 12 points 3 months ago* (7 children)

I'd assume someone that goes by "cm0002". Not sure what you're looking for here ... their real name and address?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    No, I would be fine with some alt account that would be willing to talk about why and how they are doing the bots.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I didn't know they were using bots now, but I can probably answer the "why". They are on a crusade against .ml. It has being going on for a long time. Are a lot of the posts you see duplicates of content posted to some .ml community, but not using the actual cross-posting function?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Ah, indeed! The bot is taking posts from .ml and re-homing them in different instances. So I guess now I understand the argument (but not accepting the conclusion) from @givesomefucks@lemmy.world.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If they would just cross-post like a normal person I would take much less of an issue with it.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Funnily, I don't like how cross-posts are presented in Lemmy's UI. But I see why straight reposts would be poorly received.

    I for one would like to have a "community following community" system, where moderators could subscribe to one community and then let the community actor send a post while keeping the original author. It would basically kill the need of what these bots are doing and it would keep attribution to the original poster.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    There is no cross-posting like a normal person. Cross posts are formatted differently from interface to interface and app to app.

    Some include a link in the body, others don’t. Nearly all software includes a way to see they’re related posts without needing it.

    And if a user is trying to direct users away from an instance, I can’t see why they would want to link back to it.

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