My only problem with these bots is that I don't want them counted toward comments - I hate going in to find the only comments are bots.

Agreed.

Blocking it does not stop it's misinformation. I'm not opposed to bots or it's layout in a comment. I'm opposed to having a blatantly biased source masquerading as an unbiased gatekeeper of credibility. You cannot block that.

People just like complaining. They honestly just have too much free time

The irony of a comment reviewing the bias of some article is that someone else will always claim that the review is also biased. It's inevitable and unavoidable.

So you’re smart enough to realize it’s “blatantly biased” but others aren’t so we need to get rid of it?

It’s kind of like Lemmy users don’t understand that this is a decentralized platform where you can connect to it and do whatever you want. The whole point is for it to not be regulated by any one entity.

The way you can “take it down” is by building a better instance (or sponsoring someone else to), maintain/manage it, etc. It’s strange to me that you expect your instance operator and/or the platform at large to implement blocking a specific bot just for you, especially when your account is basically on the default “how to use Lemmy” instance.

I did but that doesnt remove the comment counter for the bots comment from the post feed. So i think there is something to engage with but nope, just the shitty bot that serves no actual purpose to begin with. Nobody double checks and audits the bot so its completely worthless.

Blocking it does not stop it's misinformation. I'm not opposed to bots or it's layout in a comment. I'm opposed to having a blatantly biased source masquerading as an unbiased gatekeeper of credibility. You cannot block that.

It’s in the news communities on Lemmy.world