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.

    • misterchief117
      13•1 year ago

      @marmo7ade

      This sounds nice and all until you realize moderation becomes a scaling issue.

      As communities get larger, it’ll be impossible for humans to review everything. Some form of automation needs to exist.

    • TheSpookiestUser
      11•1 year ago

      As a human and a mod, I have made the decision to have bots automatically remove slurs in every community I’ve ever moderated that had the tools for it.

    • @RookiA
      5•1 year ago

      Ok --continues to say the n word-- who is gona stop me 10 minutes later