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I think we should prioritize useful bots over funny bots. Funny bots are fine if they comment on rare occasions, like the one that tells you when all the words on your comment are in alphabetical order. Also, having bots that react to specific commands is better imo.
One of my favorite reddit bots was mlbcompare. You'd input two (or more) baseball player names and it would compare stats. There were a bunch of other parameters you could feed it; 1st season, specific years, games on Tuesdays, etc. Very niche, but very cool
My favorite bot wasn’t a bot but was some guy who would comment “and my axe!”. I believe they were known as novelty accounts way back when.
Like hell in a cell guy!
TheBenShapiroBot was funnier than the vast, vast majority of reddit.
I never saw this one. What type of things did it say?
A compilation just for you:
~I'm~ ~a~ ~bot.~ ~My~ ~purpose~ ~is~ ~to~ ~counteract~ ~online~ ~radicalization.~ ~You~ ~can~ ~summon~ ~me~ ~by~ ~tagging~ ~thebenshapirobot.~ ~Options:~ ~covid,~ ~novel,~ ~civil~ ~rights,~ ~feminism,~ ~etc.~
Would give a Ben Shapiro quote that's absolutely asinine when someone would mention his name (in subs the bot was allowed)
I particularly enjoyed when the various gnu/linux explainer bots would interact with each other, or when people get fooled by the Petrosian bot on anarchy chess
Are Bots certainly dumb enough for good helpful instruments?
I need to test this alphabetical bot. Never heard of it.