If there isn’t yet, what’re the challenges to overcome in making one?

Not that I can code, just hoping for at least a layman’s understanding.

  • PlzGivHugs
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    147 hours ago

    I think its partly because the Federation process takes time (which can throw off any more precise notifications between instances) but much more significantly because many of the most active Lemmy users really hate bots.

    • @Brkdncr
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      157 hours ago

      Most bots are annoying but the remindme bot seems useful.

    • @[email protected]
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      107 hours ago

      Yes, but there are several utility bots that are actually pretty useful.

      Video download, Remind me, acronym bot. What lemmy clients could do - collapse their messages by default and highlight the bot name.

      • @BlindFrogOP
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        35 hours ago

        Auto-collapse bots is a good setting. Each bot’s function is in their name anyway

        • @[email protected]
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          13 hours ago

          Yeah, we could probably highlight it with the colour as well.

          And/or if bot accounts are identifiable (based on metadata) - give user an option to hide specific bots. Like block button, but with its own settings option.