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submitted 1 year ago by sociablefish@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, "this" comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

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[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only way to combat bots is with other bots - made by people who care about the problem. Program sniffers to detect repost bots and flag them, and other bots to ban them.

It will be a constant arms race to keep up with them, but it's either that or let them overrun everything.

It's also on the users to pay attention and when someone calls out a reporter to take it seriously, downvote and report them. The most annoying thing is the number of people who respond "who cares if it's a repost bot?" They don't understand that such bots left unchecked will consume everything, leaving nothing fresh behind, because that is their nature.

this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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