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.

  • DMmeYourNudes
    -9•1 year ago

    And when the server goes down as it does constantly…

    • TheSpookiestUser
      11•1 year ago

      At the moment you can’t upload videos directly to Lemmy. All videos you see on here are linked from somewhere else.

      • @TheGreatFox
        5•1 year ago

        Good. Let’s hope it stays that way. The server costs for hosting videos are massive, and would quickly outscale Lemmy’s donations.

        • TheSpookiestUser
          2•1 year ago

          Oh yes, I agree. I would like to see thumbnails on video submissions from imgur and the like, though, and more consistent in-page popouts.