I just blocked all the obvious bota
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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Yeah and i think some instances like piefed let you automatically avoid seeing bot content. (Only blocks accounts that have marked themselves as bots)
It is trivial to block the offending culprits. I browse new/all and with a very short list, I don't ever see a single repost bot on my feed.
I'm on mbin. I can't block them. Blocking them requires opening their profile page, and the page errors out because they have so many posts...
It’s not much to do, just start blocking the bots or if it’s a whole community then so be it. You’ll see a huge difference soon! It feels nice to have an uncluttered “All” feed. I just pop in sometimes to do a quick sweep. xD
I don't often use the All feed.
When I do, I want it All.
just block the communities.
I have a toggleable 'Show bots' option in Settings>Account Preferences. I'm using Boost for Lemmy, but maybe other clients have a similar option?
That's a general option in Lemmy's settings. That only stops the "honest" bots that are properly labeled as bot accounts, tho.
I just block them on sight.