Just realizing that the https://botsin.space domain has been memorialized last week.
#botsinspace
Missing the posts from quite a few of the #botsInSpace accounts that were never migrated by their owners, maybe I need to recreate some of them 🤔
@toiletsinvideogames
@xkcd
@winampskins
@computerchroniclesbot
@dune
@lexknowssystems
@hackers_gifs
Hello world ! Someone know an instance for bot like https://botsin.space ? Because subscription is not possible on this instance.
2/2 Muita #botsinspace-botteja, joita itse olen seurannut, mutta joita tekijänsä ei ole ko. alustan lopettamisen jälkeen uudelle alustalle siirtänyt, esim.
1/2 #Hesari kuului niihin medioihin, joilla oli botti täällä #botsinspace ssa - @hsfi
Ilmeisesti meistä kukaan ei ole sitä kaivannut, kun se ei ole mitään julkaissut yli viikkoon, eikä fiidissä ole tästä kommentoinia näkynyt.
Ja ilmeisesti botin tänne tehnyt ei hänkään enää ole Mastodonissa aktiivinen, koska ei ole bottiaan uuteen instanssiin siirtänyt.
botsin.space postmortem
https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/12/21/12-21-botsin-space-post-mortem/
Nice to see that @emoji__polls has found a new home before the Botsin.space shutdown! (I think the creator is self hosting the server too!)
(Apparently they've been there since November and I only just noticed aaugh) Emoji polls was the main bot I was worried about when learning of the shutdown, but hopefully other bots get relocated to good servers too! ❤️
Wieviel schneller ist das fediverse, seit botsin.space langsam die Segel streicht?
Would love to also hear where you moved your bots!
Now that the #BotsInSpace server is officially in a read-only mode, which still allows account migration, I am curious how things are looking now.
Previous poll: https://mastodon.social/@botwiki/113516513822722706
Looks like https://botsin.space is officially read only. There's plenty of options for moving your bot though!
- You can self host Mastodon, GoToSocial (recommended), or the various other options. The more complex, but better long term option.
- You can use something like what @Edent has put together, a simple PHP script that allows you to post to the fediverse https://gitlab.com/edent/activity-bot/
- Ask your own instance's admin whether you can use the instance you're already on. Getting permission is important - bots can have wildly different requirements than a typical user!
- Help support Floofy.tech's infrastructure with a small subscription to https://botsinbox.net/. £1/month/bot, which can be waived depending on your financial situation.
- Other bot-specific instances have cropped up! If you run one, feel free to leave it as a reply :)
Oh! Apparently I don't follow anyone on #BotsInSpace anymore! That means all the bots I did follow (there were several) have found their way to another home in time for the beginning of the instance's shutdown, neat :comfyblobcat:
I'm sad it has to close its doors (but I fully understand the reasons), and I'd like to see the wonderful thing here: that this community is built on so many pillars that it'll keep going even if one of the bigger ones breaks away.
May the bots keep tooting on for a long, long time!
For folks who are still looking for a new server, here's a few options:
https://botwiki.org/resources/fediverse-bots/#bot-instances
(See the "Servers for bots" section.)
Reminder that "sometime not long after December 15th", the botsin.space server, a home to many of your favorite creative bots, will be entering a read-only mode, before its planned shutdown.
(The server will run until at least March 2025.)
https://botwiki.org/blog/botsin-space-server-closing-down/
Hope most of you bot admins managed to migrate by now!
@_elena Glad you enjoyed the article, thank you for sharing it!
And related to your question, answering it as a user, while my bots were running on the #BotsInSpace server, I did set their posts to autodelete after 2 weeks.
And we now know that running that server became too expensive, in big part due to storage requirements.
https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/
So definitely something worth doing!
Breaking character a moment since botsin.space is shutting down. This account is moving to https://mas.to/@MacrodataRefinement. Please follow there instead. Thank you!
@JoeSondow Heya, love your Trek bots. I noticed RikerGoogling is on mas.to. I’m looking to migrate off #botsinspace too and curious if you’re willing to share why you chose that server. I’m leaning towards mastodon.bot. No worries if not, thanks!
I hope the bots on botsin.space find or have found new homes! Just under two months until it shuts down.
https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/
Client Info
Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.04
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst