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Note that you will also block useful bots like that.
Yep, for that reason I'm blocking bots individually. Ideally they'd give repost bots a separate identifier to block them specifically, but that requires the bot-dev to denominate them explicitly. Doubt many would do that.
For the time being the bot account flag is voluntary anyway, so there's nothing stopping a repost bot from not indicating they are one.
Block and move on is the most straightforward solution at the moment.
What kind of bots are you referring to? I have all bots blocked, noe I'm worried I'm missing out.
There's no such thing as a useful bot. They're all annoying and I'm glad I can block them all.