All of you asked for it, so the bot will now send PMs instead of replying to comments :) Please don't beat me up again π¨
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Given the backlash against everyone who tries to make a reddit-lemmy mirroring bot then hopefully you've saved yourself a headache in the future!
TBH I don't like those bots either π
see? violence is always the answer!
Thanks! Its super convenient! Is it just me or does clicking the link it provides opens the thread but not the comment itself? Would be convenient since im guessing replies to comments dont cause a notification?
Yeah make sense. I've updated it to work that way π
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Is it possible to subscribe to a comment thread as well? So if anyone replies to your comment I get a notification?
Yes it is possible and I want to implement it soon, but I can't give a date. I'm thinking of making it so that when the bot is mentioned in a reply to a comment, make it notify comments only on that comment chain.
Thanks!
So every user that decides to get notified will add a comment to the thread?
If 100 people trigger it, 100 comments will be the exact same response?
Also, if people end up "deleting the comment to keep the thread clean", will they get purged as well?
Valid criticism. Iβll try to clear it tomorrow π Any suggestions are appreciated.
It could send a message to the user instead of commenting on the thread
Why not send the messages/instructions as a PM as well?
Thanks but I don't think this is a good method. We need an addon like RES, or built-in like on Saidit, or a script like this: https://gist.github.com/NathanSweet/de43d5b2cb0c0836763b
I donβt know about the options youβve said but I agree this should be a built-in feature. But itβs not.
Ah, another handy bot handle to add to my Geyboard shortcuts. Nice!
Ah, another handy bot handle to add to my Geyboard shortcuts. Nice!
@PostWatchBot@lemy.lol
How does it subscribe when lemmy doesn't have subscribing or notification apps? Does it just poll the server? (As a server owner the amount of traffic there worries me, and that could cost me depending on implementation)
If it's polling, how do you know to stop polling? Will it just poll a post forever?
Its polling every 30th second only on my instance. So donβt worry, it will not make any difference for you βοΈ
in theory as you operate both the server and the bot you could modify lemmy to tell the bot when a new comment hits a thread instead of polling, which would be more efficient (but definitely harder to do!)
also does it handle the case where nobody from your instance is following a community? to make sure you get all the replies reliably the bot would need to subscribe to each community it's watching a post from
that said, great work. I may end up using it if I don't end up forgetting about its existence :p
Iβm using a library named lemmy-bot. To achieve what you say, I need to modify both library and lemmy server. As you can guess, I canβt afford time for these π
I think itβs not using much resources anyways. 2 requests per minute is nothing compared to hundreds of ActivityPub requests per second.
I didnβt tested non-followed community, but the bot works with mention event instead of comment. But still not sure, Iβll test this one π
I didnβt tested non-followed community, but the bot works with mention event instead of comment. But still not sure, Iβll test this one π
oh, I meant for the actual post watching part, summoning via mention should work without any subscription
I think to get mentioned comment, it needs to get parent post too. As I said, I need to test it. I can only assume right now.
Subscribe to a post: just mention the bot in the comments.
Not a huge fan of the noise this adds to the threads. Would be nice if Lemmy frontends could provide better ways to interact with bots. For example custom buttons that would PM the bot with the appropriate message to trigger the action.
This feature must be implemented by built-in in the first place. But your idea makes sense too. Iβll try to discuss this with UI devs.
I might be able to set something up with the InstanceAssistant browser extension. It would be nice to have it in the main UI, but this could help temporarily.
I'll send a PM :)
I'd second the worry about the bot comments and bot-summoning comments becoming noise, I remember all the "remind me" comments on reddit clogging up comment feeds!
I'm moving bot messages to PMs right now. So there will be no bot message.
That's good, though I'd imagine people would still rather not read 100 bot-summoning comments on a popular thread. Any way to activate the bot via PM too? Or maybe by sharing somehow?
I don't think those would work TBH. Activation can be done by PM, but I don't think anyone would want to do that.
Nice :) @PostWatchBot@lemy.lol
It's cool. I wish a function like this was built into Lemmy.
Same.