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Is Lemmy also full of bots like Reddit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by nerdhd@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just found a account where it's comments are all the same stuff over and over again. It seems like spam bot. I thought only reddit had a bot problem but maybe Lemmy has it too?

Here's the account: https://lemmy.world/u/circuitai

How did I find it

So, for those wondering how I found it:

I first come across that account on https://lemmy.world/c/BestOfAi

Here's the comment that caught my attention:

https://lemmy.world/comment/25386296

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Please report them, this is a clearcut case that admins can take care of.

We don't have any magic technology here to block all bots, but we do get rid of them when they are found

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most of the bots were put there by the admins

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

The admins here? Or do you mean reddit

I was referring to here