i swear to god i have muted the same news bot at least three times and it's like a fucking hydra of un-content-warning'd shite
anyway if you have a bot that posts news articles and doesn't cw anything, you're a bad person and you should feel bad and that is also shit praxis. if you actually want to not be part of the deluge of the 24 hour news cycle pressing mental stress onto people, at least observe basic courtesy and not shove it in everyone's faces
"but but but you need to know" i don't need to know shit if your method is to come and scream in my face when i am trying to catch my fucking breath you utter wankstick
@wigglytuffitout hot take, crossposting bots should post unlisted or followers-only. any that break this rule should be silenced.
@trwnh you're right and you should say it
some bots are fun and nice (like ebooks ones), but if you're horking up news articles or pixiv art - especially if it's not motherfucking content warning'd, I Know Nsfw When I See It Fuckstain Botmakers - unlisted or followers-only or we shoot you out of a cannon into the sun
@trwnh my harshest opinion is that all of the art repost bots should be obliterated unless they get 1. permission from the user explicitly, or the user has explicitly said they are okay with reposts, 2. they link back with full credit
1 is a big problem that has caused a lot of pixiv artists to outright quit. people pretend that it doesn't exist because language barrier and la la la look at these anime titties
2 is just the sign of an utter shitheel who needs to respect art is effort gdi
@wigglytuffitout the hot take is that my position is not limited to news bots
or bots in general, really, if you wanna extend it a bit