“OP made it opt-in”

1 - It’s not opt-in "By User" though. It’s opt-in "By Community"...

So if one person turns it on, 1000’s of other people see it.

OP keeps saying “you can just toggle it off”... but I really can’t... when anyone can toggle it back on.

2 - Future options for toggling are not much better (bottom of the repo, To-Do section):

• "if a moderator adds the haiku-bot, non-mod users cannot remove it"

• “only allow moderators to subscribe/unsubscribe”

...so the toggle option wouldn’t apply to 99% of people anyway.

“a few users were waiting for this (-OP)”

Who was waiting for it? The top level replies in this thread are:

• you, who wouldn’t use it
• me, who doesn’t want it
• Otome, who doesn’t like it

I think your bot rules are pretty solid though.

Overall, I just feel like... Lemmy is a fresh space...

a chance to make a new culture...

maybe it's best to leave that old bloated carcass behind.