Dave Winer ☕️Nov 7, 2022
Wish list item: I wish Mastodon supported inbound RSS. Then we could just use RSS to hook the two worlds up. Bridges are good things. 😀
Show threadDan Okkels Brendstrup

@davew Hmm, beg to differ. I don’t think Mastodon needs more bots and auto posting. I’d prefer to follow users that selectively and thoughtfully share links with quotes or commentary. And who are therefore actively present to participate in ensuing threads and discussions.

That’s why Mastodon accounts that automatically crosspost from Twitter fall flat.

Nov 15, 2022 at 11:12pmWeb
Show threadDave Winer ☕️Nov 15, 2022
@bewildergeist — it’s a big world, you don’t have to follow feeds you don’t like. 😀
Show threadDan Okkels BrendstrupNov 16, 2022

@davew Well that’s very true, of course 😄 I also like that Mastodon has a Boolean `bot` property on accounts so they can be clearly marked in the UI as bots:

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/accounts/#account-credentials

accounts API methods - Mastodon documentation

Methods concerning accounts and profiles.