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!

  • PicoBlaanket@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    “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.