As we see more and more bots on Lemmy World every day, it’s about time we publish a set of rules for bots and bot-owners.

So here goes:

  • Bots shall not be used for any kind of advertising.

  • The bot accounts must be clearly marked as a bot. Both in the bio and by marking the account as a bot.

  • The owner of the bot and contact details must be mentioned in the bot’s bio.

  • Bots are only allowed to post in communities they have the explicit permission from the community’s owners to do so.

  • Bots from other instances that post in Lemmy World communities must follow the same rules.

  • Bots shall not just be posting Reddit content.

  • Bots shall not be “spammy”, as in multiple posts per minute.

  • Breaking any of these rules will result in a ban for the Bot and, if required, its owner.

  • Commands must use the bots mention as prefix, and not a text prefix like !help

These rules will be updated when needed.

  • RCMaehl [Any]
    34•11 months ago

    Hi @[email protected] @[email protected],

    I’m planning on launching a service soon that will allow users to quickly and easily create+run lemmy bots similar to automod. I’ve posted about it on the Lemmy Matrix before, but is there a best place to contact you all to ensure that as I open pandora’s box, everyone is ready?

    • @Astrealix
      11•11 months ago

      Would love to know when such a thing is set up — been needing some bots for some things like match threads for a while on our c/gunners community

      • RCMaehl [Any]
        11•11 months ago

        I’ll be making a post about it before the end of the month, although access to the service will be limited to moderators, instance admins, and curated users for a probably a year.

        • @Astrealix
          5•11 months ago

          can’t imagine people other than mods needing it ngl, so that’s totally fine by me haha — this is where i’d love to have a !remindme bot tho :p

          • RCMaehl [Any]
            6•11 months ago

            Yes, but it’d be nice that if a user has an idea for a bot they can easily build it, test it, and share it (with community approvals). Also, there is a mastodon based remindme bot. It’s not specifically coded for Lemmy, but it’s compatible. Just mention @remindme@mstdn.social

      • @Skyraptor7
        1•11 months ago

        I am in the process of making on for R Reddevils. It’s using flash pre to get the data

        • @Astrealix
          1•11 months ago

          Yeah, we’ve seen your github! Taking a bit longer on our end, though.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate
      8•11 months ago

      Seems like you could build in compliance with most of the rules (check the “bot account” box and put the owner’s name in the bio, etc.).

      • RCMaehl [Any]
        13•11 months ago

        That was mostly the plan.

        Although, I’m definitely revising my post draft to account for these new requirements