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]
    11•1 year 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•1 year 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•1 year 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