Post by @paul

If all you use #fedi for is posting the equivalent of an RSS feed, then please go ahead and mark your account as a bot.

Posting but never replying is a transgression against an implicit social contract.

It's bad, and you should feel bad.

#VagueTooting

@rl_dane No, replying is never obligatory on #fedi because that way lies normalizing bad behavior like sea-lioning.

That said, I agree with the other side of your advice. It is a kindness to mark a post-only account as such, to use hashtags for posts by content, and to provide a useful profile with links and intentions. I think of the @MakersHour account as a good example of that mode.

@jmeowmeow

I'm not talking about replying to everything, I'm just talking about accounts that have no replies. So, they post something interesting, you respond in kind, and then, nothing. Ever.

Those should be marked as bots.