My preferred way to browse here is using All and blocking communities I don’t want to see. That way I get exposed to new things I wouldn’t seek out on my own (for example: British archaeology)
I accidentally blocked a community while trying to block a user and when I went to unblock it, I saw I had 1250 communities filtered. If I had to guess, 90% are either porn, sports, or anime.
What about you?
Leaving a comment feels weird, too. There’s not even an OP to talk to, so it’s like shouting into the void.
In principle, I do get the need for these communities. Like, if you just want capybara pictures to show up in your feed, then you don’t need many comments on those.
But these bots usually spit out far too many posts for my liking, so more often than not, I do block them anyways.
Bot-driven communities feel like ads as opposed to communities with bots that post, say, game patch notes automatically. I want there to be a reason something is posted other than to fill a void