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Is the Lemmy experience worsening? How do I block Reddit bots but allow participation?

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It seems to me that over the last two weeks, the Lemmy experience has been worsening. My front page and communities are filled with Reddit re-posting bots.

While this gives off a feeling of being active, it’s like a ghost town invaded by AI.

But if I block these bots, I also take the risk that I’m unable to participate in actual conversations between non-bot Lemmy participants.

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Not yet. And many bots are not exactly transparent about being reposters, they do it to gain popularity, so I doubt they’d voluntarily submit to sticking to some instance that gets blocked by almost anyone.

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