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"Bots talking to bots." Came across this subreddit that appears to exist only to take advantage of how appending "reddit" to search terms is being favored in SEO. (www.reddit.com)
submitted 10 months ago by JustinHanagan@kbin.social to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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It's mentioned in this really good Verge article about SEO. I don't think it's a good sign for Reddit to just allow such blatant spam and makes me think how much subtler spam is out there too.

I've personally noticed more a few times in old threads you'll find a comment made months later that's recommending a product.

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[–] False@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This is bad but the Fediverse is going to be just as, or even more, vulnerable to this kind of thing.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 10 months ago

Will it? At least instances can defederate, although as we're seeing, unless instances are very small, admins are proving reluctant to use the nuclear option.

I have hope that as Lemmy matures, admin tools will get better and more granular - like options to defederate communities and not whole instances.

Reddit has no motivation to improve in this area, and they won't, until it's too late.

[–] iso@lemy.lol 3 points 10 months ago

Fediverse is mostly open source. So anyone can implement anti-spam mechanism to their instance. Although it is currently open to spam, I think it will be much more spam-proof if it becomes mainstream.