One of the most amazing things about the Fediverse is that you can run your own services and set your own rules, building something that represents what is important to you.
If you chose not to run your own software and services, and instead utilize services somebody else runs, it's unlikely you'll be 100% aligned with those who you rely on to run them for you. People are unique, and companies are... companies. It's impossible to be completely on the same page for everything. Therefore, you shouldn't be surprised when they decide not to offer you those services any longer for any reason they choose. Their house, their rules. They owe you nothing.
I've relied on botsin.space to host the @owncast account for a while, but I only recently noticed it's been reduced to a restricted account. Their house, their rules.
So my options are to run my own microblogging service for this single account, or take that functionality offline. If I run it, my service, my rules. But like anybody else, I have to weigh the pros and cons of running yet another service I need to maintain, and this time it's not personally worth it.
Hopefully, this bot has been helpful in sharing live streams to those who wouldn't have normally seen them.
While every #owncast server doesn't choose to be on the Fediverse, hopefully those who want to be shared with others decide to be. And if so, this bot isn't needed anymore, anyway.
@gabek@owncast at the same time I appreciate you letting us know that their rules don't include the courtesy of notifying you they clamped your visibility, so people can be informed if they want to use their service in the future.they also aren't owed politeness for doing so to you.
@rick It means you can explicitly follow the account if you like, but if you don't follow it specifically it won't show up in hashtags, or sharing, or whatever. The bot was originally built to try to share streams to people who were searching hashtags, so that single goal is no longer available. The goal wasn't for people to follow it, just to get people's content on the radar.
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