Doc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 6, 2017
An administrative announcement.
Motherfuckers.
https://mastodon.cloud/media/oxNPAqhKHeUAAvMv1X8
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 9, 2017

Q: Why are all these bots following me?

A: Mastodon and GNU Social are /federated/ network with many individual servers. Only toots from profiles followed by someone on a given server propogate. "Follow Bots" ensure that more content is spread over more of the network. This may or may not be a good thing. And other bots may have other ideas. I'm not settled on the question myself.

A con argument: https://mastodon.social/users/pan/updates/1697694

Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 9, 2017

Q: Can I block all robots easily?

A: If they're well-behaved, add #nobot to your profile bio. See: https://mastodon.social/media/cjbb9KGh16WFRvuAyis

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@dredmorbius and any bot that does not behave should be reported to your instance admin and to me so we can warn the offender and ban if needed !
Apr 9, 2017 at 5:01pmWeb