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.

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    1 year ago

    a bot posting an article from reddit with the only reply being another bot. yes, this is the community centric site i was hoping it would be.

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      1 year 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?

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        1 year ago

        this exact post is from the frontpage of r/technology

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          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.

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            1 year 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

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              1 year 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.

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              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.

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      1 year ago

      Ah, classic Redditors complaining about anything and everything they can.