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Decentralize. Democratize. Demonetize. Time for a new internet, a new gaming industry, and a way of sharing thoughts and ideas where clout is the least important factor.
Some clients let you block all botted content
It's a Lemmy feature actually. You can go in your account settings and unchecked "view bot posts".
That control needs to be more granular than on/off.
Because the rest of humanity is still plugged in to the matrix and bots are the only way we can hear them and discuss where they're taking about
Don't forget strong policies to keep everything from enshittifying all over again! Check out Cory Doctorow's thoughts from DefCon: https://youtu.be/rimtaSgGz_4?feature=shared
Time to return to the OG internet then?