Is there anything I can do about duplicates? I use Sync for Lemmy on Android.
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 feeds end up with congested feeds. This results in reduced engagement across communities and isn’t fair to other contributors who choose not to post spam.
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.
ptz@dubvee.org 1 year ago
Block that bot user?
teft@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s a stupid question.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Explain
ptz@dubvee.org 1 year ago
FWIW, I understood that reference and upvoted you :)
harmonea@kbin.social 1 year ago
Not remembering a joke from an episode that aired 25 years ago doesn't really rank high on most people's shame-o-meters, my dude
TheObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
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.
danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 year ago
If you can’t find the option to block in your preferred app, you can always go to the instance in a browser and block the user in your settings.
DoomBot5@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
ediculous@feddit.nl 1 year ago
The bot doesn’t have a profile? If it does, you have to go there then scroll to the right:
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anonymoose@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
On a post in the feed, hit the three dot button and filter out that user/community or instance. If you want to block rather than just filter, go to the bot user profile and hit block in the top bar.