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@PostWatchBot - notify new comments of a post (lemy.lol)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by iso@lemy.lol to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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I think the title says it all. Basically, when a new comment appears on your targeted post, it sends you a PM about it.

@PostWatchBot@lemy.lol

Usage

  • Subscribe to a post: just mention the bot in the comments or send the link to the bot via PM.
  • Unsubscribe from a post: send PM to the bot with stop text and link of the post like stop https://lemmy.ml/post/1234
  • Unsubscribe completely: Send PM to the bot and add stop text to your message. It will unsubscribe you from all subscriptions.

Note: the bot sends only one notification per post. It waits for the previous notification to be marked as read for new comments.

Made with @CannotSleep420@hexbear.net's lemmy-bot project 🙏 Tomorrow I will publish the code publicly after adding README and self-hosting guide.

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[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I respect the effort you put into this, but I'd think this would be more appropriate as a feature integrated into Lemmy itself.

I understand adding features to Lemmy itself takes time and more effort and this is the best compromise we have right now, but having people constantly tagging bots and bots replying to them are kinda annoying, and that's one of the things I hated Reddit for.

Would it be possible for you to make it so the bot replies to the person in their DMs, not as a comment to the person in the post? It'd get rid of at least some of the bot clutter.

[–] iso@lemy.lol 3 points 11 months ago

I wish it was built-in too, but its not, unfortunately.

Today I’ll make it send PM and not comment.

[–] nix@merv.news 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Could you make it compatible with Voyagers new auto complete mentions? Theyre formatted like this @PostWatchBot

[–] iso@lemy.lol 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hi. I just tried it and it looks exactly same as Lemmy’s default mentions. Isn’t it working for you? I should try it I guess. @PostWatchBot

[–] iso@lemy.lol 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah it is not working :) I’ll fix ir

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Cool bot idea! Thanks for the work!