Some bots are cool, some are annoying. How about the community gets to vote to add certain bots. Many such options have been brought up already.
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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I like the bot that provides a piped link for YouTube.
I actually kinda really dislike that one, I don't understand why it would be used rather than a link redirector extension in your browser.
It's really useful. Especially for resharing with others outside of Lemmy.
I feel similarly for that Reddit bot that strips Amp links and posts a link explaining why Google's amp links are terrible for the Internet.
I'm here for the people. I don't want to be a part of a community that is bots talking with bots, which is what I felt like places like Reddit had become. When I found Beehaw, it was a breath of fresh air to actually see intelligent conversations between real people. I'd hate to see that be lost.
My thoughts on this is pretty much voiced by some of the others.
For instance, there was a tool that could be used to repost things from a reddit user page. I've warned (and the dev have added the warning to the repo itself) that the tool can cause one to be banned. Now the only way I can see that working without inciting a ban is if the tool was triggered by a command, and only took one link at a time. Assuming the mods already gave permission. Something like the wiki bot I've seen over on reddit that posted the overview of a wiki link. However, I would rather be able to trigger it with a !wiki or something to that effect.
The only exception I would take with this is with an automod that reminds users to include specific things in their posts...but I'm also meh about this. If people post without reading the sidebar, they're probably not going to bother coming back and reading a comment. This issue would be better solved through other means (a reminder of the community rules in the New Post page, after choosing a community).
The bots 100% need to have the bot tag on. No bots impersonating as people, please.
That's my 2¢ for now.
If we accept bots, I prefer those that can be summoned by the user, as it happens on Discord. If we accept bots either summoned or not by the user, they must be identified as such on their profiles.
But in no way I'll accept bots that pretend to be a human user or that can interact in the same way a human user can, neither commenting nor posting nor voting.
Do. Not. Want.
in others instances I've seen some ones that provide links to alternative front ends to social media sites, for example piped in the case of youtube
Personally I haven't seen any bots on here yet. If they become problematic or if there are too many then I would be pro-restricting them.
I do like the novelty bots you can get though, they can be fun