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Rentlar, in Thoughts on reddit reposter bots?

There are certain niches where automated mirroring is a little useful.

Game day threads, part sales (where people need to be quick) are a couple examples.

I have most post bots blocked though (lemmit, alien, lululemon, etc.).

Like others said the downsides are that they drown out original posts and discussions with authors that never respond to comments. Consequently, the not-logged-in experience on instances that “leave it up to users to block” will appear messy and full of garbage.

I think they have their place but those automated should be contained to communities that want them, easily identified, easy to block and post rate limited to reasonable levels.

A yet to be developed feature in Lemmy would be the ability to somehow “opt-in follow” automated bot posts rather than the current “opt-out” model.

LinkOpensChest_wav, (edited ) in What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?

I think I accidentally threw away a Starbucks gift card someone gave me, because I’ve been unable to locate it since Christmas :(

EDIT: LMFAO the mods removed my reply to the Scrooge below me because I said “I hope you get coal next year” XD

dustyData,

Real friends don’t let friends drink shitty coffee.

LinkOpensChest_wav,

Ok, I’ll write my aunt, who I’m sure saved up to buy me the card because she knows I like coffee, and I’ll tell her that it was such a shitty gift and she should feel bad. /s

Seriously? Get a fucking clue. I hope you get coal next year.

dustyData, (edited )

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  • Mobiuthuselah,

    Wow, you took that response really personally. You’re way too invested in letting others know that you’re a condescending coffee snob. No one cares what you think of other people’s preferences.

    hypnotoad__,
    @hypnotoad__@lemmy.ml avatar

    Good god you seem so pleasant

    LinkOpensChest_wav,

    You are such a nice person. I said I hope you get coal, and … that was too much for you?? LMAO

    Blocked

    Drusas,

    You seem unpleasant.

    Krejall,

    Even if you didn’t like their coffee, they sell like candy and sandwiches and mugs and stuff? That’s not a useless gift card and I’m sorry you lost it!

    LinkOpensChest_wav,

    Thanks. Honestly, I do like their coffee. I don’t really like them as a company, but I’m not going to turn up my nose at a gift. Maybe it will turn up!

    Usernameblankface,
    @Usernameblankface@lemmy.world avatar

    Haha wow! They also removed the one where they accused you of insulting people and the continued with a paragraph of insults towards you.

    LinkOpensChest_wav,

    Oh, they finally removed that? Wow indeed. I didn’t find anything report-worthy, but hey

    garbagebagel,

    My partners job gave him a couple of the keg gift cards one year, it was over $100 value. We held on to them for a special occasion. We moved, it was my birthday, made plans with friends and excited to get steak paid for by his shitty employee.

    Those fucking gift cards have never shown up again. Just gone into the void.

    forty2, (edited ) in What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?
    @forty2@lemmy.world avatar

    Can confirm. That sparkly styrofoam stuff became a huge mess approximately 5min after opening.

    Kudos to your foresight, and congratulations for the free time you saved by not cleaning up this pink and purple bullshit

    aard,
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    Do you happen to have pictures/videos? I can’t imagine what you’re talking about.

    forty2,
    @forty2@lemmy.world avatar

    Of the mess, no. But here’s a pic of Satan’s abomination…

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/99d383bc-4f66-49e2-bdae-f98f013cec7c.jpeg

    It’s basically tiny styrofoam balls that stick together, I think it’s mostly static electricity holding it together. Once you open the package, and start manipulating the biodiversity hazard, it leaves little pieces of itself everywhere.

    Much like herpes, and just as welcome. In my case, Satan was feeling extra cute so there was glitter mixed into the packaged santorum.

    It’s now day 6 after opening and I guarantee I’ll find little purple and pink assholes around my house

    aard,
    @aard@kyu.de avatar

    Wow. Do you have a product name so I can gift that to people I hate?

    Also, who exactly did you piss off to get that as present?

    shyguyblue,

    It’s called floam and it’s an unholy mix of polystyrene beads and slime…

    aard,
    @aard@kyu.de avatar

    Thank you, the search result for that is glorious.

    I’ll probably need to look into setting up a dead man switch now to let everyone know if I get murdered by disgruntled parents.

    shyguyblue,

    Set it to order as much floam as it can and send it to your enemies, before the credit card gets cut off.

    forty2,
    @forty2@lemmy.world avatar

    I refuse to utter the word and summon more to my home (also shyguyblue got you covered)

    My baby sister bought this for my kids, she’s awesome and they love their aunt. She’s fully entitled to the comeuppance she’s dishing out 😅

    Usernameblankface,
    @Usernameblankface@lemmy.world avatar

    I believe we got Play Dough Foam, but idk.

    UndercoverUlrikHD, in What is your favorite part of the day?
    @UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev avatar

    05:15-06:45 while I’m at the gym, quickly followed up by the worst part of the day, shower and breakfast.

    Vanth, in What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?
    @Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

    A relative gifted me a really ugly tree ornament. I don’t put up a Christmas tree and haven’t ever in my adult life. Relative knows this and delivered it alongside comments about me needing to get a tree and get more into the “religious” spirit of the holiday.

    Normally I would at least look to donate or something I don’t want, but ugly, religious proselytizing junk goes in the trash.

    krolden,
    @krolden@lemmy.ml avatar

    The tree comes from the pagan solstice celebrations

    illi,

    I like the plot twist that the sister is pagan

    Justas,
    @Justas@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Yep, from Rome to Rīga, they used to mark the death of nature with plants that refuse to die. Later, they started decorating them to symbolise the blossoming or the harvest of the year’s last feast.

    Source: school education from the last pagans of Europe.

    dustyData, (edited )

    Oh yes, we all remember that well established in the bible parable about Jesus dragging a pine tree into his house in a dessertic weather town for his birthday party every year and how mad Mary and Josef were when it started to rot in February because Jesus just refused to take it out.

    NewNewAccount,

    Jesus was a lazy bum! Can relate.

    lazylion_ca,

    I wouldnt say that. He retired from carpentry in his early 30s.

    just_ducky_in_NH,

    No-one wants to work anymore

    plantedworld,

    Well he did supposedly drag a “tree” to a place and then some people hung something on it…

    thatWeirdGuy,

    The original Christmas ornament

    Yewb, in Court documents naming Epstein associates are to be made public this week? Who do you think will come out the worst?

    Bill gates

    FartsWithAnAccent, (edited ) in What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?
    @FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

    I rarely throw gifts away, if I don’t like them, I try to donate them to an organization or individual.

    However, many years ago, someone got me “snow paint” which was, I’m pretty sure, literally just food coloring. You were supposed to use it to color in snow sculptures but I’m pretty sure that one found its way to the trash.

    0x2d,

    😂

    Anamnesis, in What is your favorite part of the day?

    The first coffee and bit of nicotine in the morning. Nothing like feeling productive and energized.

    Witchfire, in What is your favorite part of the day?
    @Witchfire@lemmy.world avatar

    After the sun goes down, 10pm-2am

    NegativeLookBehind, in Court documents naming Epstein associates are to be made public this week? Who do you think will come out the worst?
    @NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social avatar

    People will have forgotten about it a few weeks after it's released, and nothing will happen to anyone in the report. "Justice" is dead, unless you're a commoner.

    cobysev, in What gifts that you received for Christmas this year are already in the trash?
    @cobysev@lemmy.world avatar

    I’m actually just about to celebrate Christmas in the next hour or so. My dad’s health went downhill over the holidays and he needed to be moved to assisted living, so we had to delay Christmas for a bit.

    I asked my family to get me gift cards because I don’t like receiving a bunch of trinkets/cheap toys. And the non-cheap “toys” I want are too expensive for my family to afford. So I’d rather they contribute cash toward something I really want.

    Usernameblankface,
    @Usernameblankface@lemmy.world avatar

    Sounds like a good plan! I hope the event is a fun time, despite the hardships

    jman6495, in Anyone who recently had a "Yup, it was that kinda day" day. What happened?

    I spent half the day in the bomb shelter and the other half losing at cards.

    the_dopamine_fiend, in Mickey Mouse is now public domain (Steamboat Willie specifically). What do you think we will see this year?
    @the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world avatar

    Smash Bros. DLC

    xc2215x, in Court documents naming Epstein associates are to be made public this week? Who do you think will come out the worst?

    Prince Andrew.

    Adderbox76, in Court documents naming Epstein associates are to be made public this week? Who do you think will come out the worst?

    Just like they’ve always done, they’ll throw a couple of their own to the wolves to distract the pitchfork weilding townsfolk (that’s us) just long enough for us to stick our heads back down into our smartphones and gadgets and forget the entire business.

    Just like the sacrificed Weinstein and Spacey to our public ire and then quietly stayed under the radar long enough to forget how many other celebrities are doing the same thing.

    The powerful stay powerful by distraction and subterfuge. This will be no different.

    TIMMAY,

    lmao bs no way this is accurate btw have you heard that aliens are real and the government has a bunch of ships and bodies hidden somewhere /s

    Adderbox76,

    Nobody said anything about aliens, little one.

    So being a naive little pedant. Stick to your anime and waifu. Adults are talking.

    TIMMAY,

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