When should an account be flagged as bot?
I'm currently flagging my account as a bot, but I don't know if it applies in my case.
I'll give some context: I use a script that runs in my computer to fetch from 50+ different sources (mostly RSS feeds) and post them on different lemmy communites.
I programmed the script to avoid duplicates, it fetches the URLs from the community before posting, this way it can know if a link was already posted.
I also manually delete posts that weren't supposed to be posted (i.e when a logic in my filters fail to prevent them from being posted).
Knowing all this, is this account still considered a bot? I'm not running it 24/7, I run a script like 2x or 3x daily and manually delete any link that wasn't supposed to be posted.
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I have the same question lol, I have some stuff ready to be automated and the rest is going to be autoposted when I share it with an Arcane Chat bot, drop a link in a bookmark folder, or enter it in a command line tool. Is this just cyborg posting or am I a bot now
Maybe we need a cyborg tag on lemmy
If its autonomous enough that it gives you pause about whether your account is bot enough for a label or not, why not just make a separate Lemmy account for it? Clearly it would be perceived as a bot account if it didn't have your regular posting on it as well, no matter how well you manually curate it.
This already is my secondary account, but you're right, I'll keep the bot tag on it, maybe I'm overthinking.
My initial reaction is that automated posting, even if moderated, fits into the spirit of the Bot tag. If it's not a human creating the posts, votes and comments, then it should be flagged.
The bot account setting helps ppl filter out bot content, so I'd just make a separate account for your comments / non-script activity.