I used code from a github repo to make a lemmy repost bot from a reddit sub.

I tested it out, it seemed OK. So I let it run over night.

When I got back I found out it had been posting the same thing over and over again every few minutes. The account was banned for spam. But in the meantime it was very annoying to people. Also, there are a bunch of posts that can’t be removed because it’s impossible to remove federated stuff.

Is there a responsible way to test this stuff?

I don’t want to make spam, be annoying, etc. I feel bad about the spam bot.

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    1 year ago

    I thought these bots would be useful to quickly steal and or crosspost the content. But crossposting is… imperfect, and the bots arr far more annoying than useful. Oof.