This stuff is user hostile. Please don't make follow-bots: https://octodon.social/media/glzbv4TCUaSwD61nxug
@odinsdream Out of curiosity why do you say its user hostile?
@Laurelai It is jarring to have some automated thing follow my account, because I don't know why it did, and the explanation isn't clear, especially for new users (which are the target of this kind of activity). I already had one friend freak out after trying to get her over here from Twitter because of shit like this that wasn't simple to explain.
@odinsdream Well i get that its jarring. You can put #nobot in your profile and the bots wont follow you. However because of the way federation works between instances its really hard for new instances to get federated. That means either spending massive amounts of time or using a federation bot. Its kind of a shitty situation all around.
