Much less likely.

Though I haven't seen these RSS bots you complain about. Is this because you're browsing 'all' instead of 'subscribed'?

Leaving this out of the post body because it's kind of a side thought: I think RSS bots on Lemmy kind of suck. We get flooded with everything these sites post whether they're worth reading or not (and most aren't!)

"Just block the bots" is the suggestion I'm sure many have..but if an RSS bot posts an article, a human is not going to post it again so I'd miss out on the 20% of articles worth reading

I sometimes comment on rss bot posts depending on the community. I’m not replying to the bot per se, rather expressing my opinon on the the article that was posted for other users to see. I sometimes get replies from other people so it’s not entirely shouting into the void.

I actively avoid them. Im looking to more socialize around news than get the news. Basically I look for something like you get hanging and talking in a bar.

Not RSS, but we have bots that post some games to !dailygames@lemmy.zip every day. I reply to those for sure. You would miss out on those games if you'd block all bots.

Ive got bots blocked.

I immediately block bot posts

No, not really. It just depends. One of the first things I blocked on Lemmy years ago was the "Lemmit" not which just copied tons of posts verbatim from Reddit. If bots are posting articles, maybe I comment. If a bot posts something discussion oriented, I'm not replying.

Huge caveat, all this is about transparent bots. If I think something is a bit masquerading as a human I don't reply.

If I'm commenting on an article, I'm not just talking to the person who posted the article here. So it doesn't really matter who posted it.

Why would anyone knowingly reply to a bot? Other than to warn others that it's a bot.

I have the settings set to not show bot posts.

Yes because I have blocked and filtered out all the article bots

Absolutely. Mostly because I block most of them so I can't see their posts in the first place.

Who can tell what a bot is nowadays? There are a few ways but, most folk are not savvy enough, or do not care enough, to make the distinction.

Yes

Yes. I don’t even look into the post details, just keep scrolling past

Definitely.

Settings>Don't show bots

If I discover an account hiding their bot status, I block them, any account connected ("created by user this and that") and consider blocking all subs it posts in as they're most likely a bot infested narrative manipulating shithole.

Nope. I reply to bots quite frequently. I'm often the only commenter in the thread, but if I have something to say about what the bot posted, I'll comment.

Often my comments are to make fun of blockchain or LLMs. But if the Hacker News bot posts a link to a blog post on underwater beekeeping and I have an opinion, I'll post whatever I think adds to the conversation.

I generally block bots, and I don't see a point to responding to their posts.

Yeah I don't comment on them, but I don't have them blocked bc they have stories I'd never see otherwise

I have bot posts disabled in my settings so yes I'm less likely to comment on them by default.

Depends entirely on the community.