I haven't seen a popular instance for fun-bot accounts since the departure of bots.in.space. Anyone seen a site that caters to that sort of activity? #askFedi
I'm not talking malicious or insidious bots, but rather fun bots that add value to #masto, like @samuelpepys, @_random_cafe etc..
Many instances will allow non-malicious bots, so perhaps I need to just choose a reliable instance and use that.
I have a few fun bots that have been idle since #botsInSpace left the building.
@ottaross @samuelpepys @_random_cafe I remember when I first got started that .social was the place for "not fun" bot accounts.
Hundreds of accounts of people just posting what they were listening to at the moment or a thousand varieties of what kind of plane is overhead right now.
I am sort of glad those all went away.
Made the public feed useless.
@PatrickoftheG yeah, I see those sorts of firehose, and bland-bots pop up in my feed.
Seems lots of AI driven ones, like an endless stream of album or book covers, with a bland paragraph about the item.
On the other hand the Sam Pepys toots for example are quite compelling, as are the random restaurant pics.
@Russssty … it looks appealing, and seems to host several still-operative bots, though the admin updates stopped a couple of years back. The code version is 4.1, but I suppose for a bot one doesn't need many of the new UI bells and whistles.
Sent a query to the admin about status, but might just see if I can move one of my idle fun bots there. Thx again!
@ottaross
I don’t know of sites, but I have a few “bot” account suggestions:
Ross of Ottawa
Patrick
Russssty
Raederle
David