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This task is about ensuring that bots do not become automatically subscribed to discussions they start and/or comment in. This work is intended to prevent a scenario where the Topic Subscription database becomes unhelpfully large as a result of it becoming filled with subscriptions that have//not// been initiated by humans as @Ladsgroup noted in T294881#7709569. === Requirements Implement some kind of check/safeguard/constraint/etc. that prevents bots from becoming subscribed to sections they start and/or comment in. [i] === Approaches - **Approach #1**: Add a check on `$user->isBot()` -- //Per the suggestion @DLynch made in T294881#7715409.// --- i. E.g. https://w.wiki/4qt8

This task is about ensuring that bots do not become automatically subscribed to discussions they start and/or comment in. This work is intended to prevent a scenario where the Topic Subscription database becomes unhelpfully large as a result of it becoming filled with subscriptions that have //not// been initiated by humans as @Ladsgroup noted in T294881#7709569. === Requirements Implement some kind of check/safeguard/constraint/etc. that prevents bots from becoming subscribed to sections they start and/or comment in. [i] === Approaches - **Approach #1**: Add a check on `$user->isBot()` -- //Per the suggestion @DLynch made in T294881#7715409.// --- i. E.g. https://w.wiki/4qt8

This task is about ensuring that bots do not become automatically subscribed to discussions they start and/or comment in. This work is intended to prevent a scenario where the Topic Subscription database becomes unhelpfully large as a result of it becoming filled with subscriptions that have //not// been initiated by humans as @Ladsgroup noted in T294881#7709569. === Requirements Implement some kind of check/safeguard/constraint/etc. that prevents bots from becoming subscribed to sections they start and/or comment in. [i] === Approaches - **Approach #1**: Add a check on `$user->isBot()` -- //Per the suggestion @DLynch made in T294881#7715409.// --- i. E.g. https://w.wiki/4qt8