I adore Lemmy, but one frustration that I keep running into is the quantity of shit expelled by Reddit mirror/repost bots.

No one comments on them, they’re always at a low score, and yet it seems like they account for half the “all” feed.

What does everyone do about this? Just block the shitty communities that these bots infest and move on? Block the bots themselves? Block the instances that host them? Is there any solution that would limit their damage to the default user experience?

Specific culprits, for context:

Now that I post this, I think I spot the common problem amongst these…

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[–] 43 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I just blocked all the obvious bota

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    [–] 19 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It is trivial to block the offending culprits. I browse new/all and with a very short list, I don't ever see a single repost bot on my feed.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    It’s not much to do, just start blocking the bots or if it’s a whole community then so be it. You’ll see a huge difference soon! It feels nice to have an uncluttered “All” feed. I just pop in sometimes to do a quick sweep. xD

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    I don't often use the All feed.
    When I do, I want it All.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    just block the communities.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I have a toggleable 'Show bots' option in Settings>Account Preferences. I'm using Boost for Lemmy, but maybe other clients have a similar option?

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