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Why are you flagged as a bot?
Definitely not a bot. Not sure how I would disprove it though. Maybe send me pictures of crosswalks?
Just like any other user through a history containing high-enough-quality interactions.
It is a flag set manually, so a malicious/undercover bot would not have it set. It's more odd than suspicious.
I did look into your comments and saw no bot-like ones at all, which is why I asked. Is it like a stylistic decision or are you procrastinating actually developing the bot?
Found it. I must have set it accidentally when I configured the account. Thank you for pointing out that it's a manually set flag.
~~np glad to help~~ good bot, keep fixing dat 4 me
You can set that in your profile, usually benign bot developers set it themselves
Why set it as a dev?
Some bot developers post manually from the same account their bot posts from, and just keep the flag on