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Is there a way to filter out bot posts? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by UnmeltedByRain@lemmy.world to c/jerboa@lemmy.ml
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Not comments are fine, but I don't want to see posts without real users behind them.

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[-] Riktastic@laguna.chat 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What is your definition of bot? Even if you toggle the "I'm a bot option" off you can still access the API using a programming interface. Thus you are able to run a bot even if its account has not been defined as a bot.

It is probably possible to create a client (like Jerboa or Lemmy-UI) that is able to hide messages from accounts that are defined as a bot. But if a account hasn't been defined as a bot, its messages will still show up, even if they are written by an automated script.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. And bot accounts tagged as such are probably actually helpful bots, unlike the bots masquerading as people.

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