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@Thomas2024@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 18 days 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 • 18 days 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.
  • @arararagi@ani.social
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    62•18 days ago

    The sequel is way funnier than this post, the people over at hackernews really take themselves too seriously lmao.

    • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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      20•18 days ago

      Suspicious account with only one post is commenting a hyperlink

      • Omega
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        7•18 days ago

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

        • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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          5•18 days ago

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

          • @surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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            2•18 days ago

            Move to another instance?

            • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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              4•18 days 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

                • @TisI@reddthat.com
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                  2•18 days 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.

                • @scintilla@lemm.ee
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                  2•18 days ago

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

                • Omega
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                  2•17 days 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•17 days 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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                3•18 days ago

                Yes

                • @ryannathans@aussie.zone
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                  2•17 days 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•17 days ago

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

        • 𝚝𝚛𝚔
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          0•17 days 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•16 days 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•16 days ago

            Ah, the mods are puritanical. That explains it.

    • Cyber Yuki
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      2•17 days ago

      Coming up, in 2030: Anti bot verification by vtuber posting.

      Now this will require a vtuber account.

      Or how about the new captcha trend: Craft a simple barn in Arbonautica™ (game download available in Steam). You have 5 minutes.

    • @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1•17 days ago

      Can’t just leave us hanging with that ending!

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