As the service grows, I have noticed more and more people and bots popping up, only posting links to a news article and that’s that. Usually there is no post, no summary and nothing from the OP but the link.

What do you all think about this?

Do you think it’s a good thing, because it is providing content? Do you maybe find it annyoing and if so, why?

I myself am happy when people take the time out of their say to try to provide content, but for me it’s a bit low effort a lot of the times. Bots I tend to block immediately and people it they make it hard for me to reader other posts between all their link-posting.

But I am more curious how you all think about this and whether you consider it good or bad.

    • Lycan@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      We don’t need bots. It’s concerning some people think any community /needs/ bots. That type of infinite growth mentality is wack and I don’t subscribe to it. Like you, I block almost every bot I come across and my experience only continues to improve.

    • RogueBanana
      1·
      1 year ago

      I can see why some would like them. There are a lot of lurkers who just look at the content and move on without any discussion and that’s ok. For them I suppose it doesn’t matter if its a person or bot if the content is good. Doesn’t mean it’s good for the platform but if it’s kept to a limit and isn’t posting trash I not too concerned. That said those bots or people the post mentioned certainty are annoying.