EDIT: question answered in commented links. Keeping it here for record keeping.
I saw that this user is constantly reposting from other instances, it’s basically all they do.
I could just block them, but I was wondering
- is this maybe just a bot?
- is it against the rules?
Ideally, they’d crosspost instead of repost. And I think this is against the very idea of the instance federation.
It’s really more a question than a call for action.
? This isn’t how it works. Any repost of the same link is a crosspost. What do you even mean by this?
Why do you think this person is a bot?
When you crosspost, it’s basically a link to the post in the “original” instance.
However, following the information in the comments, I now understand the rationale behind not doing it.
Yeah, don’t do that.
Why do you think this person is a bot?