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1 month agoPlaying devil’s advocate: bots can be useful!
Think about the case where a bot fetches data (e.g . Weather, sports, stocks, etc) and publishes it regularly to a community. Or there is some task that can benefit from being automated such as an auto moderator.
It’s the malicious bots that are the most concerning.
- sincerely, not a bot
It already exists: [email protected] .
It’s just that there is a lot of political news permitted into [email protected]. It can also sometimes be hard to distinguish between notable news. For example, if there is a new Prime Minister, should c/Canada allow it? It does have significant implications for Canada.