It’s up to each instance admin team whether to allow bots (where they can identify them) and whether to defederate from instances that do allow them (again, where they can identify them)
Not that easy to block them. Many of them are part of sophisticated overseas influence operations that may be using local proxies. A couple years ago it was easy to spot them, now it takes work. When you’re dealing with chat traffic on this scale…it’s a time-consuming job.
I was surprised that Lemmy allows bots. Terrible idea.
It’s up to each instance admin team whether to allow bots (where they can identify them) and whether to defederate from instances that do allow them (again, where they can identify them)
Not that easy to block them. Many of them are part of sophisticated overseas influence operations that may be using local proxies. A couple years ago it was easy to spot them, now it takes work. When you’re dealing with chat traffic on this scale…it’s a time-consuming job.
I have seen no evidence to support these claims.
It’s up to each instance