I’ve noticed we have bots copy pasting Reddit submissions. Is there a method to block them all?
I assume they mean good by ‘generating’ content in communities, but I don’t see a reason why anyone would comment on them since the OP is on Reddit and will never read them.
I know I can block each individual account as I come across them but I’d just prefer to block them all so I don’t see their content at all.
They appear to do the nice thing by adding a line in the submissions about it being an automated submission. Is there a filter for words/phrase found in the body of a submission?
I’m not adverse to Reddit because I don’t believe Lemmy is a complete replacement yet. Let’s be honest, Lemmy is mostly programming, Linux, hate against Windows, hate against cars, and hate against paying for services. For me, Lemmy cannot replace Reddit until a variety of people come.
I use Lemmy and Reddit to see a discussion around a topic. I might as well just use an RSS feed if I want to read news topics instead of bare Reddit copy paste submissions.
I’m still using a third party for Reddit - I never stopped using it and it continued to work.
how could you forget the most important part, Star Trek memes?
Sorry Borg Queen
I’m doing pretty similar. I now only go to Reddit as a logged out lurker for the path of exile subs. Too much info is dropped there that I just don’t see anywhere else.
So the bots that create a complete mirror of subs (posts and comments) are ok, I hope.
The part you quoted. What I meant is that I might as well just subscribe to the news source using an RSS feed and cut out the middle men (Reddit and Lemmy).
Reddit/Lemmy is more than a link aggregator. 90% of its value is in the self-posts, and there is no RSS feeds for them.
I think you misunderstood what I’ve said.