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Rules of Use for Bots (self.lemmyworld)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by MrCenny to c/lemmyworld

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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.

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[–] dmmeyournudes 16 points 2 years ago (7 children)

So no save video, remind me, or un-amp bots? These rules basically only allow for recurring post bots, nothing more complicated.

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[–] FizzlePopBerryTwist 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As a mod, how do I ALLOW bots already contributing good content?

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[–] Ryumast3r 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Can we get a more specific definition of what "reddit content" means, in the context of the rule:

"Bots shall not just be posting Reddit content."

I.e.: content that might be found on reddit, vs content about reddit vs content "cross-posted from reddit (e.g. every top-level ask reddit thread) vs content that "at any point was on reddit"

This clarification is maybe a bit pedantic but I think also necessary.

[–] RinktheDink 14 points 2 years ago

I have seen a few bots that strictly repost content posted on reddit. I think they may be calling that out

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[–] deweydecibel 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Bots can not be used for any kind of advertising.

I'd clarify that a bit more. Seems some people think there's a lot of grey area there between what constitutes an ad and "self-promoting" something.

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[–] TheAmishMan 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are there any 'automoderator' style bots out there? Especially via mobile, I haven't found a great way to monitor my communities apart from opening each new post one by one

[–] Rooki 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I could help :) I have a automod ( not yet fully fletched ) but it can log posts, comments and reports to a certain discord channel and have action buttons for quick responses! Its open source: https://github.com/hdevelopments/rooki-lemmy-bot or i can let my current bot @automodbeta@lemmy.world watch over your communities. If you have problems or want that i just add your communities to my bot dm me on discord roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooki

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[–] CosmicSploogeDrizzle 10 points 2 years ago

So, while I am not using it at the moment, would an RSS bot for specific community news from official sources violate the "spammy" rule?

I run/mod the PS5 community on lemmy.ml and I previously used a bot to pull in articles specifically just from PlayStation Youtube and PlayStation Blog. This would sometimes result in about 5-6 links being posted at the same time. I have been posting these manually and spreading them out myself, but if I were to ever reintroduce this bot, would this violate the rule? It is my community and I maintain the bot account.

The bot in question is a modified version of Lemmy-Mega-Bot. I am not the developer of the bot, I only modified it for my sources.

[–] Magiwarriorx 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Bots are only allowed to post in communities they have the explicit permission from the community’s owners to do so.