Was on the other site when a commenter pointed out a response that and like 5 or 6 replies to that comment that were all bots. I am finally getting exposed to the concept of dead internet theory. So, how prevalent are bots on a place like lemmy? Are there natural safeguards against bots? I’m not an engineer and probably need a dumbed down explanation. But I did make it to lemmy! So I’ve got that going for me…

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    2 days ago

    They exist but they’re supposed to be labeled. There’s an account setting to mark an account as a bot. Anyone deploying them in good faith should be flagging them appropriately.