Does Lemmy have any features that resist this kind of astroturfing?

No one would consider bots talking to one another a real conversation, but is there anything regular users can do?

Glad to know I’m not alone. Also, Proton’s offering to be a replacement to the big wigs - as it turns out even the little people need their emails and calendar. I was kind of scrambling to think of what I could do as a work around and pretty much settled on I’ve got nothing.

plus televised caning.