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.

  • @danc4498
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    41 year ago

    Maybe you didn’t mean it that way, but the part that I quoted came across that way to me. And I’ve seen that same sentiment in many comments on Lemmy. Like, things being done the “reddit” way in Lemmy is a bad thing. Which is why I said something.

    • LemmyLefty
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      -31 year ago

      Then please remember that you’re interacting with a number of different people and try not to jump the gun.

      • @danc4498
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        21 year ago

        Not sure that I have jumped the gun. But ok. I feel that my original comment is valid.