All posts in the front-page are from the same user! They don’t see to be a spammer or anything, but either this is a bug or maybe the rest of the community needs to step up a bit?
All posts in the front-page are from the same user! They don’t see to be a spammer or anything, but either this is a bug or maybe the rest of the community needs to step up a bit?
I see comments from the account as well, so I’d be on the fence about calling them bots.
I don’t mind people having some automation to help a community grow, I just think that maybe the pace could be a brought down a bit?
They are a real user who uses automated tools to mass “crosspost” content from Reddit.
The problem is, they’ve muddied their account to the point of both being a bot and a user. IHMO that makes their account a bot account with a user who chimes in sometimes. If they don’t want to be a bot account, they shouldn’t be running automated tools on it.
I don’t mind reposts from Reddit, and I don’t even mind the automated set up. I just think it needs to be toned down a bit so that it gives the chance to others to contribute as well.
My only complaint is that they aren’t properly tagged (imho) as a bot account. I blocked them soon after they said what they were doing because my entire feed was 95% them, including stuff like “I don’t understand this tool”
That’s not how Lemmy.World defines a bot account.
From the Lemmy.World Terms of Service under Bot Usage and Guidelines:
That’s exactly my setup. I use automation to schedule posts, but I use the account myself for comments, discussions, moderation, and everything else.
You can dislike high-volume posting, but that’s a separate discussion from whether the account is a bot. Even Lemmy.World’s own policy draws that distinction.