colin mitchellApr 6, 2023

Friends, I'm considering a change to how botsin.space operates and would love input.

I think I want to remove the ability to post to the public timeline. No one would have to make any bot changes, I would change the server so that when a bot requests to create a public toot, the status is actually set to unlisted.

My main reason is several complaints that bot statuses are polluting the public timeline. I don't have a strong opinion, but it also seems like a reasonable change. Feedback please!

Sure go ahead
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Show threadcolin mitchellMay 16, 2023

Hi folks, so based on some feedback here, I've implemented a bit of code here on botsin.space to limit public posts.

Once an account makes a public post, any posts for the next six hours will be set to unlisted. This feels like an ok compromise to allow a certain amount of bot traffic on the public feed, while not polluting the timeline all that much.

The code is live now but not extensively tested so if anything seems sideways please let me know.

Show threadDanny GarsideJul 18, 2023

@muffinista
I'm curious - how large of an impact does this actually have?

My underlying question is: to what extent to people actually browse the public feed?
For clarity: I _think_ to browse the "public feed" people need to navigate to https://botsin.space/public . Is this a correct understanding?

[I recently uncovered a misunderstanding of mine as to what the different levels of visibility meant](https://social.coop/@da5nsy/110638008286331753) and so I'm cautious to make sure I'm understanding the terms now!

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Show threadcolin mitchell
@da5nsy in this context, I mean the 'federated timeline'
Jul 18, 2023 at 6:33pmWeb