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

submitted 2 weeks ago by PixelPilgrim 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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[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Short form social media is basically a free-for-all. Hell, it functions more as a notification service than something like Lemmy.

Give my point of view expressed, a notification from anything is fine, bot or not. As long as the notifications are reasonable and easy for other users to block, sure. Knock yourself out. Have your bot notify us for whatever you want, with the understanding that I could just turn it off at anytime.

[–] PixelPilgrim 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I should clarify that the bit is a mastodon account so you'd have to follow it.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Excuse my ignorance of Mastodon then as I have only really used it a few times.

If you follow an account, do you have the option to disable notifications from that account?

[–] PixelPilgrim 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah you can mute an account so you get no notification on it