My inclination is to simply downvote and report each spam post, but this maybe generates a lot of mod queue activity for community moderators. And when an account is used for nothing but spam, presumably that would be better handled by admins banning the account than by each community moderator needing to respond individually to each spam post.

And maybe by the time mods or admins get around to looking at the reports, they've already noticed the spam and responded to it directly.

So — if you're a community moderator or an instance admin, what are your preferences for receiving reports of spam accounts? Is it worth it to you to get reports of spam posts, or messages pointing out a spammer account, or would you prefer that we just downvote, block, and move on?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear what you're saying, but personally I feel like bot posts are worse than no posts. Every time I see a bot submission, it feels artificial. When I see a silly little post about somebody's cat, or their attempt at an original meme, it feels far more genuine.

[–] toasteranimation 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I failed at recognizing an obvious joke T__T here's a red envelope in your inbox (or whatever lemmy's equivalent is) to make up for it!