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PSA: If you're tired of political posts in Technology, block user L4s (self.technology)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by themurphy to c/technology

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First of all, L4s (sorry misspelled in titel) is not a real user, so no harm done here.

It's an automatic bot xposting from reddit, making this community just as bad as r/technology, which kind frankly only revolves around politics and social media platforms.

I've had the user blocked 2 weeks now, and this community is muuuuch more enjoyable and is actually about technology now.

Just wanted to share a positive experience.

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[–] jordanlund 259 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The irony:

[–] killeronthecorner 67 points 11 months ago

"see, I'm unbiased!”

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What is a fraud farm?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Congress?

[–] harry_balzac 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah, Congress is a money-laundering front.

Business schools are fraud farms

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

oh shit

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] jordanlund 4 points 11 months ago

https://www.arkoselabs.com/explained/click-farm/

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[–] [email protected] 123 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm so tired of reddit crossposts, they're fucking useless.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I came here to avoid Reddit.

Now I get their posts like non-interactive ads.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago

Yeah I'm here to talk to people, not read bot posts

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

I forgot about those. Just blockbthe bot that posts them.

I can see how they were useful when Lemmy was smaller. But now there's enough content for me to browse that I don't miss those reddit cross posts.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago (5 children)

You can also make it so you don't see any bot accounts at all, makes the experience 10x better.

[–] glimse 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There's a discussion about bots posting on HackerNews but feel free to comment here

[–] Squizzy 11 points 11 months ago (5 children)

What is hacker news I keep seeing titles with discussion on hacker news only place I've ever heard it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News

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[–] fishos 51 points 11 months ago

Which for awhile, this user(L4s) insisted on not labeling his bot as such because he felt his was special and deserved to be seen above others. Only after being massively called out did they fix it. But it left a bad taste in my mouth and I've had them blocked since, including their personal account. While the setting is useful, some users still need to be called out.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

Is there a whitelist for that? Some of the bots are actually kind of useful

[–] jungle 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How?

[–] radix 24 points 11 months ago

There's a checkbox in your Lemmy account settings to allow/block all bot accounts. Only works if they identify themselves as such, so it's not foolproof, but it's better than nothing.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

In your account settings, uncheck "Show Bot Posts".

The one annoying thing is that if a bot replies to you (particularly the PeerTube bot) it can be tricky to clear the notification. There's no clear all button on the website, but there is in Jerboa.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (1 children)

First of all, L4s (sorry misspelled in titel) is not a real user, so no harm done here.

FYI: You can edit titles here, unlike Reddit.

[–] themurphy 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thanks, unfortunately it's not possible in my client Boost for Lemmy.

Edit: Nvm, found it through my desktop. Thanks again!

[–] LavaPlanet 35 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Omfg. It put up an anti Vax post about eradicating autism. Holy fk.

[–] nutsack 9 points 11 months ago

just ban the thing

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Should I also block L4sBot?

[–] themurphy 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's the same guy.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

As an aside, you can edit your submission title on lemmy/kbin/mbin.

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[–] CrayonRosary 21 points 11 months ago

I went looking for a post by them to block them. Turns out I already did.

[–] BackpackCat 16 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Thank You! Honestly I think one of the things I like a lot about lemmy, and the fediverse, is the ability to easily block users, communities, and whole instances I don't want to interact with a all. Everytime someone complains about seeing too many foreign meme or whatever I wonder if they have tried the blocking features to trim down the timeline.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

You a real one

[–] elias_griffin 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Really odd some Lemmy choices, allowing News Aggregation Posts (Simple link and summary) from a particular user that is somehow not flagged a bot/influencer/paid. I duna know how you can post Tech News Links 10 times a day, every day, for 5 months and still be allowed to post as a "person".

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[–] LunchEnjoyer 9 points 11 months ago

Omg I had not noeall those posts were from the same bot..thanks!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

L4s should be banned. Who controls it? What is their agenda?

[–] elbarto777 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Their agenda is "noble" (keep the content flowing here), but the reality is what the OP mentioned. I stopped going to the technology reddit sub because it was tiring to sift through the doomscrolling.

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[–] slaacaa 8 points 11 months ago

Good tip, already blocked them a few weeks ago due to all the Musk spam, and my feed improved significantly

[–] LinusOnLemmyWld 7 points 11 months ago

thank you for your service

[–] Usernameblankface 4 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the tip!

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