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?

  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    13·
    4 months ago

    I don’t think bots are a good way to boost engagement, but I don’t think all bots should be banned either.

    In The Other Place, I enjoyed labeled bots which performed a clear function or service, and replied only in specific circumstances, such as when they were summoned or a key phrase was mentioned.

    Examples: stabbot, more JPEG auto, metric converter.

    Can you think of any other examples of “useful bots”?

    • Emotional_Series7814@kbin.melroy.org
      6·
      4 months ago

      I could swear there was a community link fixer bot, which is pretty useful for people reading comments, trying to click a link to a community, and getting an error. Bot has the correct link as a reply.

      Community-specific bots can be quite helpful. NameThatSong on Reddit had a bot that would run your post through song recognizer bots if your post had audio, to try to help the poster identify the song. I found it useful. I should probably figure out how to make a similar bot for !NameThatSong@lemmy.wtf someday.

    • kofe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      It may not have been useful, but the gandolf and gronk bots provided many entertainment. My joyful emotion was used, at least