@PostWatchBot - notify new comments of a post
@PostWatchBot - notify new comments of a post
I think the title says it all. Welcome to the world, @[email protected] [https://lemy.lol/u/PostWatchBot] baby! ### Usage - Subscribe to a post: just mention the bot in the comments. It will start to send you notification when a new comment is created. - Unsubscribe from a post: mention the bot ...
I think the title says it all. Basically, when a new comment appears on your targeted post, it sends you a PM about it.
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
stoptext and link of the post likestop https://lemmy.ml/post/1234 - Unsubscribe completely: Send PM to the bot and add
stoptext 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 @[email protected]'s lemmy-bot project 🙏 Tomorrow I will publish the code publicly after adding README and self-hosting guide.
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 😨
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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 👍
see? violence is always the answer!
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. I’ll try to clear it tomorrow 👍 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 don’t know about the options you’ve said but I agree this should be a built-in feature. But it’s not.
Let me try it first :)
Ah, another handy bot handle to add to my Geyboard shortcuts. Nice!
Ah, another handy bot handle to add to my Geyboard shortcuts. Nice!
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 don’t worry, it will not make any difference for you ✌️
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
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. I’ll 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 :)
Nice :) @[email protected]
It's cool. I wish a function like this was built into Lemmy.
the issue is being tracked here https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3069
Same.