@PostWatchBot - notify new comments of a post (lemy.lol)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by iso@lemy.lol to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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.

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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[-] donio@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] iso@lemy.lol 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] cynber@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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 :)

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

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!

[-] iso@lemy.lol 2 points 11 months ago

I'm moving bot messages to PMs right now. So there will be no bot message.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago

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?