@Moon @graf @Fever @sim
> that doesn't make it a person, and an autonomous agent of a person that is never actually checked by the person is even further still away.
This is exactly as true for every single account that exists on here. They are not literally people. They are the property of people.
>all a followbot does is dump your server's posts on another server's known network timeline.
Which anyone has a right to do.
>again if you the human want to follow someone, literally nothing is stopping you,
You're literally stopping them with force.
>which is actually a pretty good place to define the difference between a real person and a software agent.
No, it's a completely arbitrary plaace.
You should not be able to draw that line.
In fact, you should not be able to draw lines at all.
I don't know who told you you had legitimate authority but you don't.
No one voted for you.