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Now no one will ever see all those super long !remindme bot posts set for 5, 10 or 15 years on Reddit (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago by orion2145 to c/showerthoughts
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[–] LazaroFilm 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think the bot was already down before the blackout. I remember trying to set a !remind me and nothing happened. Then I read somewhere that the bot was now offline.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No, it's still online. I just checked, and I/RemindMeBot is still commenting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will it still work after the API changes though? I'm assuming whomever runs that bot doesn't want to pay through the ass to continue posting.

[–] WiseMoth 1 points 1 year ago

I think Reddit made exemptions for bots but don't quote me on that

[–] LazaroFilm 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe it was sub specific then…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No, it actually was down for a bit. It couldn't find new comments once PushShift's access to Reddit was cut off (but it could still remind you of stuff it knew about before PushShift went down), so the dev started frantically writing code to fix the issue.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/RemindMeBot/comments/13jostq/remindmebot_is_now_replying_to_comments_again/

[–] subzero12479 4 points 1 year ago

Comments starting with "!remind me" are automatically removed in some subreddits, maybe that was the issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I got a reminderjust as the blackouts started