Constance VariableI don't think follow bots are a good idea, because they make the federated timeline the same on every node. Without them, the federated timeline is still an expression of the interests of the node's users.
Doc Edward Morbius ❌@lambadalambda It's not just at node-level that the bots have an effect, but across the whole fediverse. Individual follows select for what /is/ considered worth-following. Not perfectly, but at least probabalistically.
OTOH, it can be disconcerting to see a single boosted post from a thread without context. One of @maiyannah's from shortly before I joined was boosted to my Home, and all I see is her comment. Going to HA I can't grab timestamps.