@phildini Brands definitely, but news bots are iffy because RSS tends to not be a thing anymore...unfortunately.
@phildini I would be fine with you blocking brands and news bots. Those are things I come to Mastodon to get away from.
@DialMforMara @phildini If you block them here, maybe have a link on the sign up page to mastodon.social (or another instance) so it's a deflection rather than a wall?
@phildini this user would be ok with it
@phildini obXKCD: https://xkcd.com/810/