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@Thomas2024@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane

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A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane

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@Thomas2024@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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I stumbled across a Reddit bot posting emotional rants about how bots are ruining Reddit; just to sell AI-generated books through affiliate links. A perfectly dystopian grift for the dead internet.
  • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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    19•2 months ago

    Suspicious account with only one post is commenting a hyperlink

    • Omega
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      7•2 months ago

      Why the fuck does Aussie zone block so many instances? You guys okay out there?

      • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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        5•2 months ago

        No wonder I am not seeing shit, how do I see what’s blocked?

        • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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          2•2 months ago

          Move to another instance?

          • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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            4•2 months ago

            Any sites that give me a list of what an instance has blocked or not blocked? To pick an instance

            • @mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works
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              https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/

              https://slrpunk.net/

              https://sh.itjust.works/

              Those three are a good place to start with sane defaults.

              For absolutely no filter there’s https://lemm.ee/

              There is also https://lemmy.world/ which is so generalized as to come under fire from the far left and the far right.

              More exclusive than the above but more inclusive than aussie.zone are the following.

              https://hexbear.net/

              https://lemmy.ml/

              https://beehaw.org/

              Your mileage may vary.

              A full list of who’s federated with who doesn’t yet exist to my knowledge. However you can use https://defed.xyz/ to check specific instances

              • Omega
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                2•2 months ago

                hexbear itself defed from some instances in the past, instead of hexbear beehaw would be more fitting

                Oh, and, hexbear is politically oriented left unity focused Anti-West stance instance

                • @mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works
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                  1•2 months ago

                  Yup. However I’m trying not to add any bias. I did forget about beehaw and I’ll edit my post to include that. Thank you for the reminder.

              • @TisI@reddthat.com
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                2•2 months ago

                There is actually. You can check it here

                • @mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works
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                  This is an instance by instance list which is great thank you. I guess I was thinking there was a full list as a map I guess.

                  This requires you to know the name of an instance to check against.

                  • @TisI@reddthat.com
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                    1•2 months ago

                    I highly doubt there’s something like that like said. But for OP’s purpose that link should be good enough to compare some of the instances they’re interested in.

              • @scintilla@lemm.ee
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                2•2 months ago

                lemm.ee blocks very few instances if you want true wild west.

            • @TisI@reddthat.com
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              3•2 months ago

              Yes

              • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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                2•2 months ago

                Seems to suggest there are only 9 defederated from Aussie.zone out of 1600?

                • @mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works
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                  Check ani.social (that’s the instance of the first user you couldn’t see) to see if they’re defed from aussie.zone

                  That’s the problem with that site it’s one way.

                • @TisI@reddthat.com
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                  1•2 months ago

                  There are also some instances with hidden blocklists. You can check them there as well.

      • 𝚝𝚛𝚔
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        0•2 months ago

        Why the fuck does Aussie zone block so many instances? You guys okay out there?

        I’m not entirely sure we’re missing out on all that much with a few porn instances missing.

        • @Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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          4•2 months ago

          I’m not entirely sure we’re missing out on all that much with a few porn instances missing.

          … obviously porn…you’re missing the porn

        • @BearGun@ttrpg.network
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          1•2 months ago

          Ah, the mods are puritanical. That explains it.

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