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The problem with this is endeavor is you'll either need to block the 1.1M of alien.top bots or block the whole community.
Totally agree on #2 though.
But, any actual user posting something would either be lost in the noise of repost bots, or posting in a community blocked by many people.
I don't see these ever driving engagement.
By all means, br the change, do post content, but you're probably better off doing so elsewhere, in a community that's not 99.999% bots already.
Oh I block communities all right. But you nail the basic problem with the bots. Comments don't matter because they're list in a swirl of bot activity. On some subs I don't even think there are people there.
/gestures around
This is one of them.
I'm currently building my blocklist so hopefully I won't be seeing this place soon.
So far I've got 174 communities on my blocklist, that's for ignoring the 1M bots coming from alien.top that post all over these.
The whole list doesn't even fit in a comment, here's a sneak peak,
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !gaming@level-up.zone, !nba@nba.space, !fantasyfootball@nfl.community, !nfl@nfl.community, !leagueoflegends@level-up.zone, !main@soccer.forum, !steamdeck@hardware.watch, !apple@hardware.watch, !overwatch@level-up.zone, !books@metacritics.zone, !90dayfiance@metacritics.zone, !dota2@level-up.zone, !gunners@soccer.forum, !lakers@nba.space, !raptors@nba.space, !bears@nfl.community, !minecraft@level-up.zone, !watches@style.land, !steelers@nfl.community, !celtics@nba.space, !jets@nfl.community, !cars@gearhead.town, !premierleague@soccer.forum, !electricvehicles@gearhead.town, !heat@nba.space, !vikings@nfl.community, !sixers@nba.space, !49ers@nfl.community, !invincible@metacritics.zone