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.

  • @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.

      • @WhoRoger
        1•1 year ago

        Well there we go. So you can hop in and play hum- I mean play robot. Of course. We’re all humans, goes without saying. (Phew.)

        • @lagomorphlecture
          2•1 year ago

          I had already searched for it and subscribed this morning but as a human I totally could find multiple workarounds to the issue.