The Lemmit.Online bot (@bot@lemmit.online) has been banned and all its communities have been removed.

The bot was designed to pull in posts from Reddit in an attempt to provide content to the Fediverse. While it was an interesting project 3 years ago, it is evident very few users actually engaged with the bot. Most posts would only sit at 1 vote and 0 comments.

The bot has pulled in so many posts over the years (up to over 5 million posts) that it has come to the point where viewing the bot’s profile would soft lock the server. It is also likely that all these posts contribute a significant amount of storage but I have not confirmed this yet.

For these reasons, the bot has been banned and all its communities have been removed. A future policy update will restrict similar bots pulling content from Reddit and other forums.

If you are currently subscribed to a Lemmit.Online community, please seek for alternatives.

Please try searching for communities or asking other members.

Thank you, and I apologize for the inconvenience this might have caused.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    As a community I think its a good thing to be moving away from bots pulling specifically from reddit. There are several others on other instances just filling up space.

    I think if its a narrow case and specific to a community, like a bot that pulls from one news source or one youtube channel and reposts.

    But right now there are so many bots just spamming the feed with crap not even their creators are engaging with.

  • Rottcodd@ani.socialEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    Good riddance.

    The whole idea of reposting Reddit content on the fediverse has always been stupid and toxic. It’s never going to get any meaningful engagement, so it’s just a waste of server space at best.

    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Especially when the user reposting only ever responds with something to the effect of “I’m just reposting the reddit thread, don’t ask me about what I posted.”

      • Rottcodd@ani.socialEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Exactly. And meanwhile, the OP is on Reddit, where we’re not.

        It’s sort of like going to a restaurant and being served a picture of some food from some other restaurant.

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
    61·
    2 months ago

    All Reddit communities and users have RSS natively, so if someone’s on a fediverse platform that allows following users (main one Mastodon, but also Friendica, Mbin, Misskey, etc.) and still wishes to follow some Reddit feed, there’s @birb@rss-parrot.net. Bots generated through it don’t pull images, only the embedded text and link included in the given feed’s posts, so the bots shouldn’t be as heavy either.

  • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net
    3·
    2 months ago

    I know for my tiny instance, I’ve even changed it so I don’t hang on to remote posts forever – If a post hasn’t gotten any likes or comments after a few months, it’s purged to keep my instance fast and light.

    5 million dang posts, almost none of which are never seen or interacted with by a human being! That’s really something!