Given the rule that if a user invokes a bot with @botname and that is what is required for the bot to post, what if there was a rogue bot that posts @botname? Then the "innocent" bot would respond and be following the rules.
There are thus 2 scenarios, eg. the rogue bot is run by the same person that runs @botname, in which case it is a violation. The other case would be that some anti-bot bot makes this comment to make it look like @botname is breaking the rules. So, we probably need some way to resolve this or maybe @botname needs to have a blacklist, but we are now getting two levels deep and I think we can deal with such issues after the primary one of botspam is dealt with
Thanks for explaining this. I think a blacklist might work, and it might be something that the bot creating community could do collectively and share. I'm sure there might be other solutions that will be tested as well, when any issues arise.