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The Agora

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact: My original was written in a hurry so I could run out to the grocery store before it closed, so please consider it a rough draft to be improved upon.

"is host to a large number of bot accounts" I think needs a little more context.

Awhile ago my All New feed was clogged with nearly identical bot posts to nearly identical communities somewhere out on the fediverse. Someone had created a community for every team in some sports ball league, and had set up bots for each that posted game scores/results for each. While it's very bot spammy, I think it is legitimate traffic that does not warrant defederation. This is a perhaps inelegant example of what bots are for.

How about "is host to a large number of bot accounts that generate unwanted/disruptive traffic"

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, edited!