Hey #botmakers, if you migrated your bot from the botsin.space server, be sure to reach out to have your links updated on Botwiki!

Botwiki is celebrating 10 years today!!

https://botwiki.org/blog/a-decade-of-botwiki/

I wrote not one, but two blog posts to celebrate ten years of @botwiki.

"A decade of Botwiki"

https://botwiki.org/blog/a-decade-of-botwiki/

"On celebrating small wins during autocracy"

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-celebrating-small-wins-during-autocracy/

Are creative online bots (the kind you can find on https://botwiki.org/bots) part of the indie web?

Hey, do you still make bots?

So, folks who have hosted their bots on #glitch, where are you all migrating?

Truly sad news about #glitch no longer hosting apps. It meant a lot to the creative botmaking community.

Would love to know where everyone's moving their bots! (And hoping many will keep them alive!)

Come join the Botmakers online forum to learn about creative uses of automation in a safe, inclusive online space!

https://botmakers.discourse.group

Interested in creative automation? Come visit the brand new Botmakers Discourse forum!

https://botmakers.discourse.group

We're starting things off in a private mode, and accounts need to be approved when signing up.

Be sure to review our community guidelines!

https://botmakers.discourse.group/pub/welcome-to-botmakers

If your bot is on https://botwiki.org and you're migrating it from #BotsInSpace, please share the new URL so that I can update the site!

(And if it's not there yet https://botwiki.org/submit-your-bot.)

With the sad news of the #BotsInSpace server closing, what do you all plan to do with your bots?

Today is the 9th anniversary of the https://botmakers.org Slack group that I created as a safe, inclusive online space to learn about creative automation and share people's work.

https://botwiki.org also celebrated it's 9th year recently:

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112790407014415987

Less than two weeks until https://botmakers.org celebrates its ninth anniversary

Come join us to learn more about creative automation and share your work!

https://botwiki.org will be nine years old in less than two weeks

Only 24% of image bots on botsin.space use alt text??

Source: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/112467699732404812

Come on, we can do better!

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/creative-bots-and-accessibility/

Only 1% of bots hosted on https://cheapbotstootsweet.com add image description to images they generate/upload*.

Hey #botmakers, did you know you can make your #CreativeBots more accessible?

Here are some ideas: https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/creative-bots-and-accessibility/

* https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/impact-of-fediverse-clients-on-the-use-of-alt-text/#results

Someone researching the topic of "social bots and how they can become of use as a weapon for media literacy" reached out asking for examples of "bots fighting racism, hate speech etc".

Anything that comes to mind?

I've already shared more general links, like:

- https://botwiki.org/bot/?tags=political
- https://botwiki.org/bot/?tags=racism

What are your favorite holiday-themed bots?

https://botwiki.org/bot/?tags=holidays

So, are you making Mastodon/fediverse bots yet?