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[Discussion] Defed lemmit.online (feddit.uk)

submitted 15 hours ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/feddituk@feddit.uk

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Inspired by the lemmy.ca post, I want to discuss if we should follow and defed lemmit ourselves.

For those who don't know, or forgot because they blocked the bot, it's a Reddit reposter instance. It has very low engagement, but posts a lot. About 30% of all posts on feddit.uk are from this bot (838192/2806651 when I did the SQL). It is also by far the most blocked user on the instance, 151 blocks with second being a mere 40.

It also only synchronises with Reddit one way, so if you reply to a post, the person on Reddit won't see it.

If no one has any objections, I'm going to go ahead and defed as I don't think it's worth having around. Especially the way it makes the 'New All' feed useless if you don't have it blocked.

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 6 hours ago

Good call.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 10 hours ago

I think I'm one of those that blocked the bot a long time ago as it would dominate the new feed. I don't think it adds any value, happy to defed from it.

[–] ilovecheese@feddit.uk 2 points 9 hours ago

Good call!

[–] swizzlestick@feddit.uk 5 points 12 hours ago

Support. Logged into this alt just to say so.

Feeds are nicer without it. For new users, all it does is drive them back to Reddit - a place they very likely just left.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Generally I disagree with most calls for defederation because I didn't join Lemmy to join an echo chamber. We're all enriched by diversity of thought and opinion. Even if we disagree with those thoughts and opinions. And playing "which account has access to which servers?" is an annoying game to play. Defederation should, in my opinion, be the last resort that a server takes.

But this instance is bot spam, it's not enriching the Fediverse but homogenising it with Reddit.

So no objections from me, good call flamingos!