Depends. If it is a Lemmy thing sure, why not. I do find the automatic reposts from certain subreddits on Lemmy quite annoying. In a way I prefer more direct contact with the community instead of reacting to a mirror of another platform

Imho, reposts have a positive impact. Usually, a frequently reposted content means that it is something important or entertaining for the mainstream crowd. Sometimes I would go offline for a day or two, and when I came back, the reposts were the ones who brought me up to speed on what’s trending.

Reposts are ok if it’s been X amount of time. Don’t confuse reposting with activity.

Nothing wrong with reposts, they’ll happen no matter what so why worry about it.

Bots, hard pass. Lazy mods ruined many a sub with endless rules and bots to enforce whatever their algorithms dictated.

I think reposts are fine if there is a system that links to the original post so the discussion is not fragmented. Bots are fine as long as they don’t post walls of text on every thread a good bot is one you don’t notice.