The rules for bots # Bots should be clearly prompted by a command # Bots that always post without human intervention are noisy and are often unwanted. Bots should not act in a community without mods from that community being contacted first # Moderators should not have to chase down the bots being used in their community, it should be opt-in. Just ask, be nice. Bots should minimize the space they take with their messages # A bot’s response should be a small as possible to avoid taking space that could be used by people.

After some discussions in !chat, we came up with the conclusion we should adopt rules surrounding bots.

We’ll ban bots which we are aware of that currently don’t follow these rules and contact their creators. Please report bots that don’t follow these.

  •  Zoop   ( @Zoop@beehaw.org ) English
    5•11 months ago

    I think it’d be good to mention implementing the solution mentioned in the comments about wrapping lengthy bot comments (like the TL:DR; bot summaries) in spoiler tags in the section mentioning keeping bot comment lengths short.

    I do like the TL:DR; bot overall and I hope, if we are allowing bots, that something can be figured out to where it can come back to posting here.

    Hopefully I worded that in a way that makes sense. I feel like I worded it awkwardly, lol. I’ve got mega brain fog, sorry! Please let me know if you’d like me to try and reword it or explain anything :)