I still don't understand why whatever it does necessitates leaving a comment. Why can't it just post a link with hashtags on its own community? Why does it have to show up IN the post?

[Edit] I just reread it's readme page and it doesn't explain why. It also says this which made me laugh:

they do cannot be tagged.

I hate when they do cannot be tagged!

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Replies have a direct federated reference to the original post, while links take you to different instances. There are way more than 1 Mastodon and Mbin instances that want this. Just block it if you don't wanna see it, as I for one like it.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Why can't the link URL be changed to the server it wants? It's already using fediverselink.

Why does the comment have to be federated in the post? Would the bot making a post in the "tagginator" community NOT get federated, too?

I just looked at your mbin instance (in a browser) and I don't see the tags anywhere. Can you show me what it's actually doing because I genuinely do not understand why it's necessary.

I've heard the "just block it" suggestion before on other bots and I did so....but it still adds to the comment count and I find it kind of annoying when it looks like there's a discussion starting and I either find nothing or a bot.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Lemmyverse only works for Lemmy.

Check out https://kbin.melroy.org/tag/memes . On Mastodon you can even use hashtags as feeds, and that's being implemented on Mbin as well AFAIK.

it still adds to the comment count

I don't click if the comment count isn't over 2.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

People really prefer browsing this way? With a tagginator comment between each post on that page and

I still struggle to believe there's not a better way to do this exact same thing without a bot leaving comments

I don't click if the comment count isn't over 2

It's a bummer you have to change habits to accommodate this bot...

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 16 hours ago

Like I said, Mastodon treats it much better. Collections haven't come to Mbin yet either, so hashtags are sort of a stopgap to aggregate subs.

It's a bummer you have to change habits to accommodate this bot...

It's an easy habit to change. Back in the Reddit days of yore you had a pinned AutoMod comment for like every single thread.

I still struggle to believe there's not a better way to do this exact same thing without a bot leaving comments

Well, let's search for one then, eh?