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If the cream of the crop is original content, bots are useless (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There is no reason for a bot to be able to access or post on defederated social networks if the goal is to make social media humane.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can understand this take; I realize it probably boils down to personal preference, but seeing the mod bot with 2 of the top posts of the last 6 hours just feels like a bad look for a community to me. It's stated purpose:

I’m a bot designed to increase content created on Lemmy, to try and jump-start communities, and make Lemmy overall a more enjoyable place

This is a relatively active community, and I don't think it really needs to be "jump started" anymore. Let humans post the content. That's what I want to see and engage with. I still think there is a place for bot posts, but with a much more limited scope (episode discussion threads, sports scores as was mentioned elsewhere, etc.). Nothing turns me off a community faster than seeing half the top post from a bot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As a thought, I wonder how you'd feel if the bot account wasn't clearly identified as a bot.

Using Voyager (wefwef) I can't tell. So to me it's just another account. It's not in my face, it isn't obvious, and most of the time I have no idea who posted anything. I see the title, I vote accordingly (or just move on), if it's interesting I look at the comments.

To be clear bot accounts should 100% identify themselves as bots, but I wonder if making it too obvious is making them stand out too much.

(And of course if I saw "Bot" everywhere I might have a different opinion.)