• Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    That’s not lemmy world, that’s the bot configuration for a specific community, chosen by the moderators of that community.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Cc another user’s reply (isn’t visible from your instance)

      That’s not lemmy world, that’s the bot configuration for a specific community, chosen by the moderators of that community

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    It’s a rule implemented because they were being overrun by bot spammers. However, as completely expected, it took exactly 1 day for bad actors to spin up alt accounts and begin abusing bot removal to take down stuff they don’t like.

  • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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    9 months ago

    At least don’t cite the specific number like that, it just gives trolls a fixed measure of how many accounts they need to screw with people. Just say ‘multiple’ and leave it.