This is an interesting question this toy isn't sure it's equipped to answer. We've encountered dollposting of course—an inevitability with our collective kink collection—but it's never clicked with us.
So uh, this pooltoy wouldn't call itself a doll. It doesn't feel right to it. But it is in agreement that there's some kind of connection or umbrella more specific than inanimate entity. Like, dolls are more similar to pooltoys than robots are, it thinks.