[Lemmy.ca Discussion] What should we do about Lemmit.online

@bot@lemmit.online has been subject to multiple reports from our users over the last while.

We would like the users' input on how to deal with it. It is the opinion of the administrators that @bot@lemmit.online, and @lemmit.online doesn't add anything positive and constitutes spam. We especially want to make sure we get feedback as we are more likely to be sensitive to bots like this and other forms of spam compared to most users as we'll often scroll through "All" sorted by new.

Here are the options.

Defederate from Lemmit.Online
Ban @bot@lemmit.online from lemmy.ca
leave it up to users to block @bot@lemmit.online

Please vote by up voting on one of the comments below. Downvotes will be ignored. Additional comments and discussion is more than welcome. Results of this discussion will provide us guidance on how to deal with other bots in the future as well.

If you're not a lemmy.ca registered user, please refrain from voting but feel free to comment with your opinion.

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TruckBC 129 points 3 years ago

option 1: Defederate from Lemmit.Online

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ramplay 11 points 3 years ago

Option 2 is cool in regards to letting users decide... Option 3 is my second choice that said.

That said I ultimately agree with option 1. An instance dedicated to just regurgitating content from another user-generated site is just not a good thing. There is 0 value to those posts on Lemmy, instance wide imo.

There is 0 way to interact with the posts in a meaningful way and they just fill up 'new' with crap from somewhere else.

I don't like the nuclear option of defederation, but I really just see that instance as a hindrence to the existence and natural growth on Lemmy.

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GreyEyedGhost 4 points 3 years ago

I already actively scroll past the obvious reddit reports, and that's all that instance brings to the table. I'm usually hesitant about defederating but in this case it seems to be the best choice if we don't want this content around, and they even encourage it if that's how we feel.

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AlternateRoute 10 points 3 years ago

If you you don’t want anyone else on your server to be exposed to this bot/instance, you should convince your admin to defederate from lemmit.online. Since there are no other users on here, there will be no harm done.

Reading the FAQ I have changed my mind to defederate.

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phario 5 points 3 years ago

I originally felt that option 2 would be the best since it would give us the most freedom and power.

However there is another important perspective. If there was a spammer in a community, then a solution isn’t just to “not look”, since it negatively affects other members of the community who might look. It’s our responsibility to make the community better (obviously there is some subjectivity to that).

Another point is that bandwidth is not free. This is a choice that clutters up the community and lessens the ability for others to communicate.

Finally there is no loss of information. If people want Reddit posts they can go there.

I also changed to option 1.

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Mereo 3 points 3 years ago

I agree with option 1. Lemmy is not Reddit and it should not be a Reddit copycat. These types of bots have no place in Lemmy and we need to deferate with instances that promote these kind of bots.

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quaff 3 points 3 years ago

Yeah after reading their instance sidebar, I'm changing my vote to option 1.

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murkeyindividual2 2 points 3 years ago

Defederate all the way

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