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I think this sufficiently sums up my take:
The fact that that's an option at all makes Lemmy considerably better than Reddit.
Problem is it requires bot runners to be honest.
You can probably get your instance admin to ban any bot accounts that aren't being honest, which is also a step up for Reddit.
how do we distinguish bots from real accounts?
Can bots respond to direct messages or replies?
yes
In theory you can write scripts with Selenium to do anything a regular user would do. Most bots have limits but it's always possible to basically write scripts that virtually click buttons, write content, post content, etc.
If we want to, how do we disincentive them?
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