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Yeah as much as the admin was a dork, this instance was a good idea and I got a lot of use out of it. I wonder what the monthly cost of a instance like this is. I could probably host a bot easily but not sure about a whole instance.
My understanding is that a small lemmy instance can be run on a minimal VPS like $5/month + domain. I think the time would be more of a consideration. Does running a lemmy instance sound like something you want to learn about?
The bot itself really doesn't look like it could be very much at all, assuming relevant prior knowledge. It just needs a little home. I'm going to try running it to see how it goes later.
Running an instance might be something I'm interested in. An RSS aggregator instance might be low maintenance enough for me. One thing I'd probably do is make the RSS posts themselves locked to encourage cross posting instead of having conversations in the RSS thread. Most likely not something I can do right now, though.
Could have the bot drop a single comment with links to the various cross posts