A growing number of individuals are using apps to block access to social media and the internet.

The people going ‘monk mode’ to limit social media use::A growing number of individuals are using apps to block access to social media and the internet.

  • remoteloveEnglish
    151·
    9 months ago

    Don’t hate on the summary bot. It’s actually useful and a hell of a lot better than clicking through to the site.

    Also, it’s an article from the BBC, not Reddit?

    • three@lemm.eeEnglish
      115·
      9 months ago

      this exact post is from the frontpage of r/technology

      • remoteloveEnglish
        18·
        9 months ago

        It’s not that hard to make a post with the exact same title as the article. Just because it has the same title, does not mean it’s from Reddit. It’s directly linked to the BBC.

        Is there a mention of a cross-post somewhere? Is that bot copying all submissions from /r/technology directly? That is possible.

        • three@lemm.eeEnglish
          114·
          9 months ago

          karma farming is like heroin to these bot creators. they just need to see a number get bigger so they’ll erode any community in their path

          • Jamie@jamie.moeEnglish
            8·
            9 months ago

            Lemmy doesn’t natively track karma unless they’re doing their own tracking, but even then, nobody else is seeing it unless their client does it.

            So basically, karma farming isn’t nearly as important on Lemmy.

          • remoteloveEnglish
            8·
            9 months ago

            News aggregation bots are not quite in that same category.

            I hate bots that repost from the same community, comment reposting bots or other bots that are designed specifically for karma farming. From that perspective, yes. I am right there with you.

            However, bots that perform an actual function are useful. It’s why bots are allowed to begin with, actually.