Specifically the ones that post like bots but are not marked as bots.

The accounts that post into all sorts of comms including many they aren’t a member of. The posts are usually pretty low quality and its clear the operator is not curating anything.

I find them annoying so I block. What do you think about it?

  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I did not know the reason you did it; before today i thought it was just some kind of paranoia about always needing to register new accounts.

    Have you ever put the context thing in your copied posts?

    • cm0002@lemdro.idEnglish
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      1 day ago

      some kind of paranoia about always needing to register new accounts.

      I mean, you’re not entirely wrong, the multiple accounts is for a few different reasons, but one of them is defense against impersonation accounts which has happened to me lol

      But the main reasons for the many instance accounts are kinda unrelated to the ml crossposting kinda are, they are

      1. Promoting smaller instances, because of the volume of my posting it helps makes smaller instances more recognizable
      2. Making comms on fitting smaller instances (e.g. a programming comm id make on programming.dev)
      3. Mitigating against the imposter problem
      4. Better interconnecting smaller instances

      Have you ever put the context thing in your copied posts?

      I’ve thought about it, but ultimately decided against it, I felt it would make the thread in whatever comm I’m posting it in too off-topic. So instead i just comment it whenever it’s inquired about