I use this account for normal user things, but I want to auto-post social media content in a community I’m in ([email protected]) which I own. (The content will probably just post 0-3 times a day).

Should my account be marked as a bot? Should I use a different account?

  • Briongloid
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    1271 year ago

    If you are going to use this account to auto-post, yes you should be tagged as a bot, alternatively I would recommend making a second account for this task.

    • @kaotic
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      11 year ago

      This is the way.

  • @Dnn
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    641 year ago

    I’d use separate accounts. I like being able to recognize bots by their user name.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    If your account is doing something automated, then it is functioning as a bot, doesn’t matter if you also use the same account for non-bot things. I’d just make a second bot account to avoid confusion and bans.

  • Stanford
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    171 year ago

    If you autopost the content manually, then technically you can be considered not a bot.

    Personally, though, I think having different account for bot related stuff seems like a good idea.

    • writeblankspaceOP
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      41 year ago

      I meant I would auto-post using a program, so yeah it won’t be done manually.

  • eroc1990
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    131 year ago

    Keep this one for your normal comments/posts, and create a second one to use as a bot account to do the auto-posts, properly marking that account as a bot.