Is a filter for muting Lemmy 'power users' possible? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by voluble@lemmy.ca to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I'm seeing a lot of users on my preferred instance with <1yr old accounts, that have thousands of posts and comments. Whether these accounts are people with nothing better to do than post mindlessly 24/7, or are bots pushing some narrative, it doesn't make a difference, I'd rather not see what they're posting, because chances are, it's hogwash. It would be nice to be able to filter out these highly active accounts, based on a set variable of max posts per day, and/or comments per day. Any account that exceeds that variable is filtered out, and any account below it is allowed.

Does anyone have insight on whether or not this sort of filtering is possible to achieve on Lemmy? Is anyone else interested in having this sort of functionality?

Edit: I'm not trying to throw shade on active users. I appreciate active users. I'm looking to block users with AI image generated profile photos and have on average 10+ posts per day and 20+ comments per day. Those accounts seem suspicious to me.

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[-] Blaze@feddit.org 51 points 3 weeks ago

There aren't that many of us (1 year account on @Blaze@sopuli.xyz ).

Keep in mind that we could just be trying to keep the platform active, not pushing any agenda. 1000 posts in a year is 3 posts per day, so does not require 24/7 posting

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

Was gonna say, I'm sat on 2.2k comments apparently in about 15 months, which is surprising to me given I probably only comment on about half the days in any given week.

I will say compared to Reddit though, I tend to be more likely to comment here because there're fewer people here and I want it to feel active enough for more people to continue joining (either lemmy in general, or just on smaller communities that don't have a lot of activity yet).

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago

I will say compared to Reddit though, I tend to be more likely to comment here because there're fewer people here ...

And the ratio of bots to humans on reddit is crazy high. There's a lot less garbage to wade through here.

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

There's less advertising but more propaganda

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's just keeping me in good practice, though.

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fair point. I see that as a potential silver lining in this whole Kremlin disinformation era. At least some people will see it for what it is and learn.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

And it is the responsibility of those of us who do see the propaganda to call it out for what it is, so that passers-by who may not see it so clearly can learn from our experience.

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Absolutely.

The dictator alliance (Kremlin, CCP, Pyongyang, Tehran) are using our open societies and free speech against us. We need to use it against them too.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 3 weeks ago

It tends to come from... ah... certain sources though.

[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I have about half as many comments. Its a better space to be in. It feels like im talking to real people here. At least not as jaded lol.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 13 points 3 weeks ago

Then you check what quality content OP is posting and... 5 comments and this post. So they're doing their part.

Lurkers who post this stuff bug me. Wanting a stream of content but are so nitpicky about it, when all they have to do is start posting stuff themselves to kick up conversations

[-] Danterious@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

It shows me 93 comments and 2 posts for me. It probably just hasn't federated to your instance yet.

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[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, if only kbin.social hadn't gone done, I would too be post 1-year mark. I replaced that one with my own instance, but that makes me look younger than I should be...