Update: L3s made the decision to mark it as a bot and has taken the time to reach out and sort of explain their thought process and feelings and I really appreciate it. No bad blood or hurt feelings or anything, and I genuinely think that there’s value and good intention in what they’re doing, I just had an issue with this one specific thing and it looks like we got past it. No big deal, we’re all adults, now let’s eat some cheese.

The issue here is that there is specifically an option on Lemmy to not show bot account and this particular account does not appear to be marked as a bot in the preferences.

It can post that’s fine, but not everybody wants to see bot accounts. That’s why that preference exists.