Is there anything I can do about duplicates? I use Sync for Lemmy on Android.
Block that bot user?
How do u do this on sync? There is several annoying bots i want to block but clicking the name of the bot doesn’t do anything.
3 dot menu on the post, then click on the user in the menu. That will take you to their profile so you can block them. Also, I believe clicking on the user/community name is a toggleable option in sync.
You mean Sync doesn’t let you block users from the post itself? The default mobile UI does that. It’s there on comments too.
Also, I believe clicking on the user/community name is a toggleable option in sync.
Why on earth isn’t that the default?
Block that bot user?
That’s a stupid question. ;)
Edit: Anyone downvoting this should be ashamed. It’s a reference to his username.
His character on Deep Space 9 infiltrates the space station by impersonating an admiral. He does this by saying the following phrase anytime someone asks him a question: “That’s a stupid question”. Because he’s wearing an admiral uniform he gets away with his rudeness and the subordinates just let him infiltrate the station.
Soapbox opinion time. Post spamming to parallel communities across instances is antithetical to federation.
Post spamming discourages users from federating with parallel communities on federated instances because users who do end up with feeds congested with duplicate posts. This encourages unsubscribing which results in reduced engagement across communities and isn’t fair to other contributors who choose not to post spam. The alternative would be to block the post spammer, which wouldn’t be ideal either, since articles are often still worth reading.
If a post spammer is concerned about visibility from defederated instances, then I suggest using an instance that federates to more instances. Furthermore, please respect an instance’s choice to defederate from yours if that’s where you choose to be. If your instance was defederated from another, that means the users there do not want to see any posts from your instance, even if you think they do.
I implore post spammers to reconsider the logic behind their actions, as the impact on the fediverse is more negative than positive.
I moved instances recently and have been too lazy to migrate by subscriptions, so I’ve just been browsing on All with Top 6-Hour sort.
The number of bot accounts that just spam post from RSS feeds every 15-30 minutes or so and get zero engagement are infuriating. No one interacts with it! Just give it up!
“There is also a discussion over on Hacker News” well tell hacker news that the news we want to discuss is how to mitigate spam from shitty bots!
Getting real annoyed by these kinds of posts.
This happens on reddit too.
Look into your app filters. Block users. Block instances.
FYI for anyone unaware: blocking users is a core Lemmy feature and blocking with an app should block inside Lemmy itself; meaning if you switch apps or log in from the web, your block list remains intact.
Instance blocking is not a core Lemmy feature (yet) and so if it’s available in your app, be aware that your app is what does the blocking. Meaning if you switch apps or log in from the web that block won’t be there.
It’s a feature on an app. There are no filters and you can’t block instances unless you’re using that one app and apparently in some people’s minds everyone uses that one app.
Most have rightfully pointed out that you should block that user.
Another solution is joining more communities so it’s not your ENTIRE FEED.
