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I use this account for normal user things, but I want to auto-post social media content in a community I'm in (!taylorswift@geddit.social) which I own. (The content will probably just post 0-3 times a day).

Should my account be marked as a bot? Should I use a different account?

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[-] briongloid@aussie.zone 126 points 1 year ago

If you are going to use this account to auto-post, yes you should be tagged as a bot, alternatively I would recommend making a second account for this task.

[-] kaotic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This is the way.

[-] Dnn@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

I'd use separate accounts. I like being able to recognize bots by their user name.

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.one 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If your account is doing something automated, then it is functioning as a bot, doesn't matter if you also use the same account for non-bot things. I'd just make a second bot account to avoid confusion and bans.

[-] stanford@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

If you autopost the content manually, then technically you can be considered not a bot.

Personally, though, I think having different account for bot related stuff seems like a good idea.

[-] writeblankspace@geddit.social 4 points 1 year ago

I meant I would auto-post using a program, so yeah it won't be done manually.

[-] eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net 13 points 1 year ago

Keep this one for your normal comments/posts, and create a second one to use as a bot account to do the auto-posts, properly marking that account as a bot.

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