The bot they are talking about isn’t trying to hide that it is a Reddit reposting bot. The posts from that bot start with some boilerplate like “this content is copied from /r/blah”.

So if you aren’t seeing this content, there is nothing you need to do. If you do see this content, block the user that posted it.

Edit: the Reddit bot that I blocked is bot@lemmit.online

I found some simple traps which look promising to me here:

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/diy-mosquito-trap/

The first one is co2 based, using yeast.

I kinda like the idea of the last one, especially for indoors in the summer. It seems very simple and makes a lot of sense to me: secure some window screen mesh to the output side of a box fan. Let the fan run. The mosquitos get sucked in and trapped against the mesh until they dry out and die. Spray them with a mixture of rubbing alcohol and water if you want to speed up their demise.

I don’t tend to use #1 as I suspect that heuristic isn’t (usually) true, although it depends on the test writer. A multiple choice test with 4 answers for each question and randomly distributed answers only has a 25% chance of the same answer twice in a row and a 6.25% chance of three in a row. This can lead you to see a pattern that isn’t there. Granted, if you have no idea what the answer is, it’s reasonable to fall back on #1 and not pick the same answer as the previous. But if you have any inkinling that an answer is more likely to be correct, I’d pick that one regardless of whether the prior or next answer was in the same position.

My general process is elimination. Look at the answers and eliminate the ones you know are not correct. Then tentatively eliminate the ones you suspect are wrong. Now you have a remaining set of possible answers. Of course, if there is only one, pick that. if the remaining answers seem they could be true, pick all of the above or “X and Y” as appropriate unless the answers are contradictory. If there is contradiction, use your best guess to pick a non-contradictory answer.

That’s about it for my process.

I just added Cognitive Dissonance to my podcast feed. Are there any standout episodes that you would recommended grabbing?

Attempting to ping @Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world so they see this question too. Is that a thing on lemmy?