This very clearly is a protocol issue.
With AtProto, the algorithm and effective centralization means that there really isn't any way to deal with the bots unless BlueSky itself deals with the bots.
With Mastodon, there's no way for bots to get visibility and it's extremely easy to just cut out the instances that allow them.
the fediXXlore otteXXr
npub1yx…es6cm
2026-02-19 22:52:33 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…trjt
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2026-02-19 22:52:33 UTCEvent JSON
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