I have an idea for a bot system, which I would run on my own mastodon server, but I was wondering if I would still have to manually register new accounts through the web interface or whether I could program that.

  • charlie_allnutt@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hi I would of course always label them as bots. I already run four different bots through regular servers and I believe I follow etiquette properly.

    Can you clarify exactly what you mean about visibility? Limit what?

    • rallias@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      So, for automated bot toots, people might be exploring local or federated feeds, and bots fill that stuff up in a hurry. If you toot your content as unlisted, followers-only, or mentioned-users-only, the targeted audience still receives those toots without cluttering up the local or federated feeds.