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Cake day: October 6th, 2023

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  • Unfortunately all subreddit mirror requests to that bot are auto-approved, and there is no subreddit subscriber limit. That means that very large subreddits with already-active Lemmy communities get mirrored. That causes unnecessary duplication and a lot of noise due to frequent posts to the subreddits.

    That said, I actually subscribe to a few of that bot’s communities for tiny, niche subreddits (like with 5k Reddit subscribers) that I followed. I use it because it will take time for Lemmy to reach adoption capable of sustaining those very specialized communities. It’s useful for links (less so for discussions.)


  • The docs say:

    Bot Account: Enable this if you are using a script or program to create posts automatically

    So a bot account that doesn’t self-report would be a violation of policy and should be banned from the entire instance by the admin if discovered.

    To be clear: I’m personally not against useful bots. But a “Bot accounts cannot post to this community” mod option would just allow the mods to choose for their community.