It's an instance that crossposts posts from Reddit, except it also makes a new user for each Reddit account it came from. So if /u/hello123 made a post, it makes that post under a new account called hello123. That makes it impossible to block posting bots.

Not only that, it makes posts look like they're posted by real people, with many question and text posts being copied as well. I was very confused as to what these posts were until I realized they're crossposts.

Examples:

https://alien.top/post/263029

https://lemm.ee/u/[email protected]

I strongly believe Lemmy isn't the place for mirroring content from other websites. You can host your own alternate Reddit frontend like LibReddit, there's no reason to spam the posts to everyone using Lemmy just because 5 people asked for it. Not to mention there are already enough instances mirroring posts, this is getting obnoxious.

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[–] CrayonRosary 34 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Are the fake users registered as bots?

If not, then that's a really good case for defederation. Hell, sounds like a good plan either way.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They appear as bots, that i have seen, but i cannot speak for every instance of this.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Everything is a bot with alien.top. "Posters" are bots with only one post and the "commenters" are bots as well.

It's annoying as all hell.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I believe users are bots until they decide to claim the account by proving the Reddit account belongs to them. After that, they become regular old Lemmy accounts?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That sounds great in theory. I don't think I have seen a single post where anyone transitioned, but I could be wrong.

It's just a noisy mess, IMHO.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

I know of one account, but mainly because I initiated the claim process lol

I'd prefer a slower rollout while things get implemented because yea, it's a bit of a mess in the meantime. It has potential, and I'd hate for it to fall apart because some aspect of it spirals

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