• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    2 days 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.

    • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world
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      2 days 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

      • sad_detective_man@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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        1 day 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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          It is also the case of asking if an account is a bot account where you can’t tell after a quick glance of their history. There are ways of dealing with spam accounts, but there isn’t a way to deal with bot accounts that aren’t blatant spam.

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      2 days ago

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