Bots copy pasting Reddit - is there a method to block them all?

lemmyingly@lemm.ee to Fediverse@lemmy.world – 116 points –

I've noticed we have bots copy pasting Reddit submissions. Is there a method to block them all?

I assume they mean good by 'generating' content in communities, but I don't see a reason why anyone would comment on them since the OP is on Reddit and will never read them.

I know I can block each individual account as I come across them but I'd just prefer to block them all so I don't see their content at all.

They appear to do the nice thing by adding a line in the submissions about it being an automated submission. Is there a filter for words/phrase found in the body of a submission?

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I believe there is a setting to disable seeing posts from accounts labelled as a "bot account". (I realize that this would technically also hide all other bots, not just reddit repost ones, but I personally don't really know of any content posted by a bot that I want to see).

I personally don’t really know of any content posted by a bot that I want to see).

Some communities use bots to schedule recurrent posts. Those can be useful, and mostly provide a feature we'll hopefully see built-in the platform in the future

Automated mod actions, Sports game threads, L4s, Hackernews reposts, sales threads, weekly threads are what you might miss out on.

My instance has daily threads. It'd be nice to distinguish between community bot and generic bot. I should see if there's a request for that already.

I want more sports related bots to post, I know I missed blocking some. Roaches they are, everywhere.