• cRazi_man@europe.pub
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    6 hours ago

    Is this just a re-posting bot? I literally made this meme this morning and posted it somewhere else. This user seems to have posted >10 memes over a few minutes.

    • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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      6 hours ago

      Honestly I’ve thought cm002 was a bot before as well, but they engage in comment sections often enough to say either it’s not, or it’s a user hopping on to check bot progress.

      Either way, most likely case is it’s a user that saw a funny meme, and reposted it since not every sire is federated with others and some communities might not see it, especially if it’s to a world or ml domain.

      Possibly related, I did not see your post from this morning, this is my first time seeing it. Not sure about federation between instances but yeah.

      Also tangentially related, anyone remember the huge r*ddit drama over a poweruser constantly reposting things with top comment responses to farm karma? That was a fun glance into people who take imaginary internet points too seriously. I’m glad lemmy doesn’t keep track of total votes.

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        I’m glad lemmy doesn’t keep track of total votes.

        It does, it just doesn’t display it; sites running Mbin do, though: A screenshot of an Mbin profile showing the "reputation" tab

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          1 hour ago

          Ew. Gross. I liked not knowing better. Ah well, at least I can’t check it myself so I don’t really care that much. I didn’t want lemmy to feel like a competition like I used to feel occasionally with r*ddit.

          Also this is the first time I’ve noticed my name doesn’t show up as “Miles O’brien” for everyone. Now I’m sad :(