Some accounts on here are marked as "Automated" or "Bot". This is not a bad sign! These are generally good and useful bots 🙂

These labels are added by the bot's owner to let people know there isn't a human responding to replies. More info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/why-are-some-accounts-marked-bot-on-mastodon

You can find lots of useful weather bots at https://fedimeteo.com

Some bots are interactive, for example @votechess lets people play a collaborative game of chess. @dungeons is another popular interactive bot.

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p.s. The good people at @botwiki have a categorised list of fun and useful Fediverse bots at:

➡️ https://botwiki.org/bots/fediverse-bots

Fediverse bots | Botwiki

Browse bots in the fediverse.

@FediTips

Thanks for the info (as always). Do you know if there's a list of Mastodon bots, hopefully with short descriptions for each? I would definitely follow helpful bots if I knew where to find them.

@IAmDannyBoling

There are some on the @FediFollows website at https://fedi.directory/tag/bots 🙂

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@FediTips @IAmDannyBoling @FediFollows That post was very useful for me! I like to play games.
Fediverse bots | Botwiki

Browse bots in the fediverse.

@botwiki

Ahhh, fantastic! I'll add this to the site!

Thank you for maintaining this list 👏

@FediTips My pleasure, and thank you!

@botwiki

Thanks to both of you! Very handy - and helpful!

@FediTips

@FediTips @votechess @dungeons

There may be a human paying attention also.