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this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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Agreed. all of the bot replication content I've seen on Lemmy getting automatically copied from Reddit has been hard to engage with because the titles aren't informative and the comments are awash with bot replication comments with no engagement from Lemmy users. I understand the urge to pump up the content here but I think the replication bots actually reduce the ability to engage and enjoy Lemmy.
The question I would ask is, what do people value a out the fediverse and the threadiverse? Personally, I like being able to engage with excited and interested users. The replication bots are noise standing in the way of this
I ran across a string of bots pulling in AITA posts and it was like... just why?
Yeah, that's stupid. Like, i could understand if it's memes, but AITA is interaction based sub, so like, why?
As much as it may seem like pointless spam, it does end up helping the viability of Lemmy. Many people will not hang around a place that is empty or awash with "testing to see if this federates" posts. Same reason all the other online services start by reposting content from elsewhere and make fake accounts. The illusion of a vibrant community is what helps makes it a reality.