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
51.4%
No thank you
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Something else
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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 threadPhilippDec 1, 2023
@muffinista Hi, is it possible, that this prevents posting a status with direct visibility? I tried via the API and it was set to unlistet
Show threadcolin mitchell
@leflips I don't think it's possible. The check only applies to posts with a public status
Dec 1, 2023 at 4:46pmWeb
Show threadPhilippDec 1, 2023
@muffinista okay, found the problem. For some reason my API example had the wrong keyword. Looks like it's working! Have a nice weekend
Show threadcolin mitchellDec 1, 2023
@leflips glad it's working for you!