I’ve started to realize that every social media platform, including Facebook, Telegram, Twitter, etc., has issues with bot spam and fake follower accounts. These platforms typically combat this problem by implementing various measures such as ban waves, behavior detection, and more.

What strategies/tools did Lemmy employ to address bots, and what additional measures could further improve these efforts?

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    We’re not mainstream enough to have many bots yet. I think some instances needed to deal with bot spam, but I haven’t seen any in the community I moderate.

    • HubertManne@kbin.social
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      6 months ago

      I don’t know if its lemmy or other parts of the federation but I see plenty of drug and other stuff that I guess could be manually done but my guess is its bots.

      • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 months ago

        That’s a kbin thing. I have never seen ‘buy cheap Viagra, Oxycontin, etc.’ on Lemmy. It probably exists, but whenever I block and report a user they’re from kbin.