The forwarding bot I wrote before was originally just for receiving private messages. Then I casually added LLM moderation, casually added allowlists and blocklists, casually added appeals, casually added i18n, casually, casually, casually…
The forwarding bot I was using kept receiving tons of spam, and the developer never added a blocking feature. When I checked again, the project had already been inactive for a year. Every day I had to deal with VPN promotions, adult-content funnels, U-shield scams, and other garbage messages. I really could not take it anymore, so I decided to rewrite the feature myself…