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+# An rudimentary framework for an interactive fediverse bot
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+This code makes a few assumptions:
+  - you know how to use a linux command line
+  - you are familiar with and have worked with the python programming language
+  - have access to both
+
+There are some relatively hard-coded variables in the code:
+  - the environment variable names, mainly
+
+For now, this code does the following:
+  - listens to the user's home feed
+  - responds to specific prompts:
+      - will respond to various hellos
+      - will respond with a quote from a specifically-formatted, internet-accessibe text file
+      - will print and apprise of events on that timeline
+
+In writing this code, I chose to use generic python modules instead of the well-known Mastodon.py 
+module - this way we can tweak the code based on our specific quirks if necessary and be less 
+dependent on Mastodon. As an example: I routinely test my code against GoToSocial as well as 
+Mastodon and Glicth-Soc.
+
+---
+
+It works! Where we go from here is still yet to be decided.