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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] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Often a user is interested and knowledgeable in the topic they’ve posted and will reply to comments, creating dialogue and new content.

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

Now that is an interesting point and definitely a point against bots. Ultimately I think it's still OK for them to post, but you're right that a genuine seed conversation can be helpful to get the whole post started.

I know in Reddit times some subs required a submission statement and that was a positive. I think if such a rule were adopted I'd be ok with limiting bot posts.