Is it OK to prune dead inboxes (target nodes for delivery) after grace period of e.g. 7 days when transport failures (timeout, SSL, DNS, redirect loop, unresolvable host), 400, 404, 410, all 5xx occur repeatedly)?
My bots get followed by different users/nodes, but some start to show as unavailable causing my server to send requests that either hang or come back as 404s or 50Xs.
AP Friends,
I have a question - I have one instance that has subscribed/followed my bot, but I am getting failed deliveries. Maybe it is blocking my hosting provider, because when I access it via browser, it seems to work as standard Mastodon UI is displayed.
Should I block such instance as not to get failed deliveries on each new post/similar event?
Thanks.
Hello guys,
I have been running a couple of ActivityPub / Mastodon bots posting historical photos from different public library collections (New York City, San Francisco…).
However, the hurdle I had was it was difficult and slow to deploy a new bot. It meant manually registering with Mastodon instance → verify → create app → add scopes…
So I have built a tool to speed up deployment for people who like to run multiple bots (identities / handles) on one instance. You could probably use it to run a regular user(s) as well with limits*.
This tool helps to deploy bots (new accounts / identities) in couple of clicks.
See it in action: https://bots.ambience.sk/
Code: https://github.com/nekromoff/mastodon-bots
I would be glad for any feedback. Thanks and enjoy.
