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Should mastodon allow bots that post when streams go live (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 day ago by PixelPilgrim@lemmings.world to c/mastodon@lemmy.ml

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I want to avoid giving any arguments to either side of the debate because I don't want to Poison the well.

The question is should main instances of mastodon allow for bots that see when fediverse streamers go live.

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[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ultimately, this is not about what capital M Mastodon allows but what the instance the bot is on allows. I just read through the guidelines of what mastodon.bot allows (because it came up in my search) and I think you could get away with that there. A stream is ultimately promoting its creator, i.e. a person, so you might run afoul of that restriction in their rules. I'm not sure. And as I said, it would depend more on the instance the bot is on.

In general, I would support allowing this.

[–] yaniv@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

TIL mastodon.bot exists as a home for mastodon bots. Thanks!