@enkiv2 nah I mean showing up in follow recs
@enkiv2 but yeah, this could be a fun "I want to follow a new person!" bot
@noiob
One way to make the bot opt-in is to have the set of suggestions be equal to the set of people following the bot. Then, it could take requests for people to follow, but also (for instance) post #ff messages on fridays.
This would be pretty straightforward but it also means that the pool of potential suggestions is both small and already listed in one place.
@noiob
Hmm...
In that case it couldn't really be a bot because everyone who knew how to opt in would have at least some social connections in common. Sort of defeats the purpose of such a bot. (Unless someone like gargamel promotes it.)
@enkiv2 I mean if it's done right, one could totally get people to promote it
@noiob
Just like on twitter, actually accepting follow recommendations would need to be opt-in.