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When should an account be flagged as bot? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
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I'm currently flagging my account as a bot, but I don't know if it applies in my case.

I'll give some context: I use a script that runs in my computer to fetch from 50+ different sources (mostly RSS feeds) and post them on different lemmy communites.

I programmed the script to avoid duplicates, it fetches the URLs from the community before posting, this way it can know if a link was already posted.

I also manually delete posts that weren't supposed to be posted (i.e when a logic in my filters fail to prevent them from being posted).

Knowing all this, is this account still considered a bot? I'm not running it 24/7, I run a script like 2x or 3x daily and manually delete any link that wasn't supposed to be posted.

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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

If its autonomous enough that it gives you pause about whether your account is bot enough for a label or not, why not just make a separate Lemmy account for it? Clearly it would be perceived as a bot account if it didn't have your regular posting on it as well, no matter how well you manually curate it.

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