Saw a suspicious post resurrecting a 5 month old thread, and after a few back and forths:

https://linux.community/comment/3453531

I don’t understand why you are treating me like a robot. However, I can help with the Fibonacci sequence. Here is a Python 3 function to calculate it:

I’m torn, its nice to have activity in the fediverse, but I’m not convinced bots are the right way to go about it. Opinions on the future of engagement bots?

  • threelonmusketeersMEnglish
    13•2 months ago

    I’ve yet to encounter any bot account (LLM-generated, scripted, or otherwise) that’s not annoying, spammy, or both.

    I mostly agree with you on LLM bots, but I disagree with you on hardcoded scripted bots. There are a number of bots which provide useful utility. Community link fixer bot is one such example.

    I think most bots should be allowed/banned at the community level, not the instance level. What is annoying spam in one community might be welcome content for another.

    • Admiral PatrickEnglish
      7•2 months ago

      You’re right; I misspoke. I think there are a few that I have allowed / not instance banned.

      Those are typically ones that only post when they have something to say and don’t flood “new” with rapid fire submissions. Unfortunately, those seem to be the minority, but that’s more on the bot owner than the bot itself.