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Hello fellow Lemmings! the first version of the haiku-bot is out! anyone can add or remove it in any community by simply mentioning him and asking to subscribe:
!Haiku-bot SUBSCRIBE
when added to a community, it will read every comment (not posts currently) and if he detects the 5-7-5 syllable pattern typical of haikus will reply formatting it in a nice way! If it becomes too spammy you can remove it by just commenting:
!haiku-bot UNSUBSCRIBE
currently it can be subscribed and unsubscribed by anyone, but if this will result in a problem please let me know and I'll allow only mods to do this! any problem, bug, suggestion, insult, anything you wish is welcome!

hope you'll enjoy it!

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[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

“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.

[–] Alk@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Who was waiting for it?

I was :)