* Maybe we should consider making the arXiv bot posts unlisted? *
* there's a lot of them, at schedule times of the day, late at night for me here.
*many users might not like to wade thru them.
* some might already have Muted the 5 or so arXiv posting accounts.
I know I did; it clears the timeline pretty effectively, and I have a duty as Mod to monitor all that is posted here.
So, what you Qoto users and Fedi at large think?
Unlisted posts will still go out, they just become harder to discover (as they will not show in any of the timelines.
Ideal solution - in my opinion, Unlisted posts as standard, plus maybe on Digest post per day (with a list of Toots made by the account that day), this being posted as "Public".
Image attached is from the moderators panel -- I just closed a report filled against one of the arXiv bot, accused of Spam.
@zleap Thanks, Paul, that would be wonderful.
I hated to dump that bomb in the open, as Freemo is already loaded and he doesn't need more work added; and I can't do it either.
Gracias!
@design_RG I am mostly following the Physics arXiv.
If people want to check for any arXiv updates they just need to search for @arXiv anyway so its not really a problem for me.
@zleap Yes, each of the Bot profiles is easily Searchable and found for interested people. And I bet many Qoto users dread scrolling thru one of their posting storms. 😸
@design_RG @zleap arxiv bot is cancer, kill it with fire!
@namark @design_RG If it helps I have put a link to arXiv on the forum, so people can go there directly if need be.
is there a way to notify people who search on here for arXiv that they should perhaps check out the forum link ?
>> arxiv bot is cancer, kill it with fire!
Sure a heartfelt reaction. I have muted them for months too. 😜
>> is there a way to notify people who search on here for arXiv that they should perhaps check out the forum link ?
You can try to catch them searching -- by including their user names in hashtags, so the post will show along with other results. Include the Discourse forum link and an explanation -- so they see the use of opening the link for more info.
hmm, just added some hashtags to the discourse forum for Publications and they don't appear as links,. Am I doing this correctly ?
https://discourse.qoto.org/t/scientific-paper-publlication-platform/287
Cool thanks.
@design_RG i agree there is a lot of scroll through, which is a problem as you can easily miss something.
@design_RG I am following arXiv however I agree, some sort of daily digest may be better to reduce the traffic a little.
I will check out if I see something interesting.