Very sad to see that botsin.space is closing 🙁
We welcome bot accounts on .art (and already have several!), with some caveats:
1) The bot must be related to the theme of the instance; art, creativity, literature, photography, etc. If in doubt, ask me 😀
2) Must be marked as a bot account from the profile settings;
3) If it's an image-posting bot, images must include alt text;
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teilten dies erneut
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Als Antwort auf Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator • • •4) If your bot posts images made by others, you must have permission to post them (whether that means they're public domain or that you have permission from the owner), and the original creator *must* be credited.
5) Not a hard rule, but very recommended - have your bot default to posting in unlisted mode. That way you won't be posting automated content to the public feeds, and anyone who wants to see the bot's -
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clar fon
Als Antwort auf Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator • • •might also be worth clarifying that bots should give credit to art/photo sources as well
the alt text requirement kinda makes auto-steal bots less viable but it's worth explicitly mentioning
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Als Antwort auf clar fon • • •Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Als Antwort auf Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator • • •- content will follow it anyway. Your posts can still get boosted and will still show up as boosts. It's a more respectful way of posting bot content to a community where people-based interactions are valued highly. ❤
To move your account over, go to mastodon.art , choose 'create an account', read the rules and fill out the form. When your account request gets accepted, you can use the Migrate feature to move your account accross.
Mastodon.ART
Mastodon hosted on mastodon.art🔞 Markus Wetzlmayr
Als Antwort auf Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator • • •Regarding point 4, I'd ask you to seriously reconsider such a lenient stance. This can be seen as a carte blanche/invitation for blatant, automated intellectual property infringement unless the image is Public Domain/CC-BY/CC0/Copyleft etc. 😕
Name credit does not replace proper licensing.
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Als Antwort auf 🔞 Markus Wetzlmayr • • •🔞 Markus Wetzlmayr
Als Antwort auf Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator • • •Call it "occupational trauma," but when it comes to copyright, I am quite fond of explicitly stated rules. I've been bickering with bands/magazines etc. abusing their power on that issue for almost 15 years now, so I'd rather not extend that fight to anonymous Fediverse bots 😄 Sure, .art rules won't stop anyone from just stealing and reposting content, but with a clear statement from .art it won't even have an aura of being "tolerated."
Thanks for listening to my jaded ramblings 🫶
verity
Als Antwort auf Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator • • •Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Als Antwort auf verity • • •Mark Sample
Als Antwort auf Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator • • •Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Als Antwort auf Mark Sample • • •Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •Acin on .art
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •wait, I remembered I have a browser where I'm not logged so I could easily check.
Those accounts are still set for frequent public posts. I doubt anyone going to see those and believe this instance encourages bots to be set for unlisted posting. I've been wondering this whole time if they were created by the admin/moderator team.
mastodon.art/public/local
Mastodon.ART
Mastodon hosted on mastodon.artMastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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