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  • I haven't seen much from the rest of the instance, but I blocked the bot a while ago. It's a bot that drives engagement to other sites by posting nothing but plain links. I don't see how that's supposed to be helpful or useful 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • That's like, all of Lemmy. What are you expecting?

      • It's not though, is it? You're replying to a question post here, in a community for questions. A significant portion of Lemmy is communities for questions, media, memes, and tech conversations.

        Of the posts that share links, a decent number of those are either posted with a summary to encourage discussion, or are at least posted by a human that you can speak to. A headline and link to another site, posted by a bot, does nothing to encourage interaction with Lemmy. It's literally a link that points to content somewhere else

        • Okay I was being hyperbolic. The vast majority of Lemmy is links.

          The linked content itself drives engagement.

          The point of posting it on Lemmy is to surface interesting content via community votes and foster discussion.

          • But that's my point. A bot that posts links to external content isn't driving engagement or fostering discussion, it's just sending people to other sites. Even a brief summary of the link would be better, as it gives you a starting point.

            A plain link is pointless, other than posting for the sake of it and claiming that it's content. Browsing All and seeing post after post of links with no discussions is just depressing, and doesn't make me want to stick around, and especially not have conversations with bots.

            • A bot that posts links to external content isn't driving engagement or fostering discussion, it's just sending people to other sites.

              Every post on Lemmy has a comments section, even the ones with external links...

              Browsing All and seeing post after post of links with no discussions is just depressing

              You can be the change you want to see in the world.

              • Every post on Lemmy has a comments section, even the ones with external links...

                The opportunity to post is there, but that doesn't mean the bot is driving engagement though. The fact that it's a bot actually puts me off from engaging.

                You can be the change you want to see in the world.

                I am, I'm complaining on the internet. Viva la revolucion! ✊😁

                • What is it that you think drives engagement when a human posts a link vs. a bot?

                  • I'll reply to a human, and they might reply back. Replying to a bot is just shouting into the wind. The bot isn't going to see it, and isn't going to respond. Even if it did respond, it would just be more nonsense.

                    • OP doesn't always respond either. Good news is there are lots of other people who can see your comments and reply to them.

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