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:
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Bots shall not be used for any kind of advertising.
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The bot accounts must be clearly marked as a bot. Both in the bio and by marking the account as a bot.
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The owner of the bot and contact details must be mentioned in the bot’s bio.
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Bots are only allowed to post in communities they have the explicit permission from the community’s owners to do so.
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Bots from other instances that post in Lemmy World communities must follow the same rules.
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Bots shall not just be posting Reddit content.
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Bots shall not be “spammy”, as in multiple posts per minute.
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Breaking any of these rules will result in a ban for the Bot and, if required, its owner.
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Commands must use the bots mention as prefix, and not a text prefix like !help
These rules will be updated when needed.
Good stuff 👍 Right now you’re using “can” and “should” which are somewhat vague. What happens if bots don’t do something they should?
Consider clarifying requirements using the following RFC-style language: “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL”.
ref: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119
bad bot
Lmao
LuL
No cookie
Done. Thanks for the tip ❤️
How is your name in red?
They are an admin of the instance.
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When referring to an admin in this way, be sure to keep in mind the difference between “forgive me father, for I have sinned” and “sorry daddy, I’ve been naughty”.
Don’t worry, they’re actually interchangeable. Just ask a priest.
what about Server daddy?
Pretty sure that’s be ruud
Okay, @andrewta he is your father. Your lemmy father.
Found the systems engineer lol good point though, gotta be clear.