As for having the bots in another instance, people are going to go to the instance with the most content, and that would be the bot instance. Do we really want to drive the users away?
As for different communities, people who don't want to see bots can disable them in the user settings, so the communities wouldn't change for them. I don't see the point in having bot communities.
I don't agree that a bot would steal content. Content creators need exposure and they post for free on Reddit, so why wouldn't they want the same here?
There is a list of federated and blocked instances on the bottom of the page. https://latte.isnot.coffee/instances
Also this script is to see which instances block or are blocked by the instance you choose.
I'm honestly more confused than I was before. With so many opinions, I don't know how this could ever be implemented in a way that satisfies people.
This reminds me of the Black Mirror episode where everyone's social status was determined by their ratings.
Yeah you are right! I'm sure you can do better.
No, I assume that the bots would only repost the most highly voted content. If a bot were to post everything, including low-quality content, the moderators could simply ban it.