botwiki, to fediBots
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botwiki,
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@muffinista I'd definitely not make it a rule that alt text is required for image bots, people will just end up posting garbage, but maybe it would be worth mentioning that it's useful when signing up for a new account?

botwiki, to fediBots
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Only 1% of bots hosted on https://cheapbotstootsweet.com add image description to images they generate/upload*.

Hey , did you know you can make your more accessible?

Here are some ideas: https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/creative-bots-and-accessibility/

botwiki, to fediBots
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Someone researching the topic of "social bots and how they can become of use as a weapon for media literacy" reached out asking for examples of "bots fighting racism, hate speech etc".

Anything that comes to mind?

I've already shared more general links, like:

botwiki, to fediBots
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What are your favorite holiday-themed bots?

https://botwiki.org/bot/?tags=holidays

botwiki, (edited ) to fediBots
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So, are you making Mastodon/fediverse bots yet?

nickdrawthing,
@nickdrawthing@dice.camp avatar

@botwiki I keep meaning to, but life gets in the way!

stefan,
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botwiki,
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@schlauschlau @stefan Thank you!

NoraReed,
@NoraReed@mastodon.social avatar

@botwiki wow!

botwiki, to fediBots
@botwiki@mastodon.social avatar

The https://botmakers.org Slack group will celebrate eighth anniversary next week!

dragfyre, to fediBots
@dragfyre@mastodon.sandwich.net avatar

2023 is the year that @vgan and @WeavingWithAI get together and make a bot-baby that makes people guess the prompts used to create an AI art image

dragfyre,
@dragfyre@mastodon.sandwich.net avatar

And yes I'm only saying that because I'm too busy to make it on my own :P

dragfyre, to bot
@dragfyre@mastodon.sandwich.net avatar

I found and forked a repo for a kbin , and created a clone of @lol that runs on : meet @MegaHAL. I haven't gotten the bot to learn from on-site posts yet, because the code scrapes HTML from kbin in the absence of a working site API, which is hard to parse. The original repo owner is almost done with a basic , though, so that may change very soon. Watch this space.

botwiki, (edited ) to fediBots
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For bots that post random stuff from a list, do you post completely randomly, or do you tweak your bot to, for example, avoid posting the same thing twice in a row?

What strategies do you use?

dragfyre, to kbin
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Just created something called @fediBots, in case some or all of you would be into it. cc @botwiki @stefan @muffinista etc

dragfyre,
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@stefan next on the to do list: how to make a bot that posts to lemmy/kbin

stefan,
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@dragfyre Very cool, definitely remember to share it when it's done!

botwiki, (edited ) to random
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How often do you check your bots' notifications?

botwiki, (edited ) to random
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Some people put in their profile descriptions to let bot developers know that they don't want to interact with their bots.

Do you, as a botmaker, check for this?

tnoisu,
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@botwiki I was wondering what kind of bots do than. Now I see, mostly useless bots.
And I came with an idea of my own. There could be a bot that checks if there is an alt text, and if not reminds posters to add it.

botwiki,
@botwiki@mastodon.social avatar

@tnoisu Not sure if useful or not, but certainly fun/interesting.

Also, it's still better to opt people in, that's how these kind of bots, like @PleaseCaption, typically work.

stefan, to random
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Would you like to help catalogue creative bots with @botwiki? Here's a handy guide for our contributors.

https://botwiki.org/a-guide-for-contributors

botwiki, to random
@botwiki@mastodon.social avatar

Reminder: Not everyone wants to interact with your bot. Look for the tag in people's bio before your bot starts speaking with them.

For more botmaking tips, visit https://botwiki.org/resource/guide/the-definitive-guide-to-creative-botmaking!

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