Anyone have a list of communities that are just article spammer bots so I can block them? I realise that the early days of lemmy was missing these and it was much more enjoyable seeing human OC

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wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y (7 replies)

There's an option to hide bot posts in your settings. So far everyone is playing nice and labeling their bots as such, so that's probably the easiest way at the moment.

Dick_Justice@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (6 replies)

In your settings where, please?

MagisterSieran@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Near the bottom, “Show Bot Accounts”

Dick_Justice@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

In Jerboa, or the web interface or...

MagisterSieran@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The web interface.

Dick_Justice@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Thanks

wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I believe either. In Jerboa (what I've got handy at the moment) it's under Settings, [your account name]'s settings, and then its in the middle of the whole bunch of switches towards the bottom.

Dick_Justice@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Oh now i see it! Thanks!