Note this page and all the pages in this directory are now on our Community Docs page: community.hachyderm.io/docs/account-types/
Bots come in a wide variety of frequencies and topic spaces. To limit which bot accounts are posting on our server, bot accounts must be approved to join. Although bot accounts are not necessarily corporate accounts, and those that are would fall under the rules described in Corporate Accounts, there are a few common threads between them copied in below:
Bots, like corporate accounts, are held to a higher standard.
Essentially: don't post content either by type or frequency that you wouldn't want on your timeline if you weren't running the bot.
We will moderate bot accounts as they are reported and apply our best judgement.
We will be moderating the bot accounts in a way that does not create undue burnden on our volunteer mod team.
If you would like the longer descriptions of the above, please take a look at our Corporate Accounts which spells these out in more detail.
- All bots must select the bot checkbox in their profile settings
- Bots are required to put the
#hachybotshashtag in all posts so users can opt into, or out of, bot posts. - Bot accounts are limited to 5 posts per day.
- Reactionary bots are not permitted - e.g. bots that respond to user posts based on keywords and similar.
- Bots that violate rules about spam, fundraising, 18+, corporate, etc. account types will be suspended.
