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.

  • @thorbot
    5•1 year ago

    Worry not, fellow humans, I am not a bot. I enjoy human activities such as drying my epidermal layer, consuming nutrient rich bread products, and promoting healthy growth of my organelles.

      • @lagomorphlecture
        1•1 year ago

        That link needs to be edited to add a ! To the beginning. It didn’t work as written and goes to an empty profile, but I will say I got a good laugh when I clicked on it because it has “null comments”

        • @WhoRoger
          1•1 year ago

          There’s always been a ! in the link, and I’ve tried it both with web and Jerboa. Not sure what’s the issue you have, especially since you’re from lemmy.world too.

          • @lagomorphlecture
            1•1 year ago

            Interesting. Unless the community is actually totally empty and I’m misunderstanding what I’m seeing it doesn’t seem to be going to the right place for me but I’m trying it in the connect app.

            • @WhoRoger
              1•1 year ago

              It’s not empty. I hear some apps tend to mis-recognise the links as email addresses, so that’s probably it. I don’t use Connect so idk how to navigate in it.

              • @lagomorphlecture
                1•1 year ago

                Then that would be why. With the ! at the beginning it would probably be more universally recognized.

                • @WhoRoger
                  2•1 year ago

                  I don’t get it, are you not seeing the exclamation mark?

                  • @lagomorphlecture
                    2•1 year ago

                    Wait no I didn’t realize you guys were seeing it, I just thought it was working for you without.

                    Edit: I logged in on Voyager because that’s the other app I have and I see it there and it works so Connect must have a bug.