Dead reddit theory 💀

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• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One of the actually funny recurring jokes on Reddit was “everyone on Reddit is a bot except you”.

  It’s becoming less and less funny by the day.

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  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tragedy is comedy + time

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  • eager_eagle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “… except you, a dog. Because on the internet nobody knows that you’re a dog.”

    so there are no humans on reddit

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• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As shit as Reddit is, there isn’t any built in failsafe for Lemmy.

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  • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know how it is now but when I joined lemmy every server but .World required like a written paragraph and to wait for an email

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    • sad_detective_man@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      oh yeah. every instance I asked to join needed one of those. but I suppose I person could fill that out then let their bot run the account once they’re in

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    • real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      and also pretty weird captchas, haven’t seen those in years

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  • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most Lemmy instances have some admin oversight with regard to registration. Moreover, there are always more instances, including secret instances.

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The built in failsafe is federation.

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    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, bots having the ability to jump instances when they’re banned makes us safer from bots

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• cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lemmy also has bots though. Luckily you can block them.

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  • real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it’s more fun to stick a tag on them. Depends on the bot of course

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  • sad_detective_man@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    wait, like user created bots or did Lemmy specifically make them to inflate the site’s userbase?

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    • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      When someone specifically makes a bot they can mark the account the bot uses as a bot. And you can filter those out.

      Of course nothing keeps someone from not marking a bot as a bot.

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