I think just a comment would get lost in all the answers but maybe a pinned thread with all the questions and answers from the previous month? Not really the same thing though.
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2024
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Ask Lemmy, Ouija Style
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Ask Lemmy, Ouija Style
This is like r/AskOuija, but for lemmy; not affiliated to the r/AskOuija though.
What is this "Ouija" thing?
Ouija here is referring to the Ouija Board that used to communicate with spirits and it look something like this:
To play the Ouija board to communicate with spirits, one needs to place one’s fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words letter by letter, and then finally, “goodbye”. This is the part we refer as Ouija Style.
Technically saying, there is usually also “yes” and “no”, but including them in commenting makes it less fun to comment, so usually we don’t do that here.
This is generally how Ouija Style works. Hope you have fun commenting, spirits!
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this is adopted rule from r/AskOuija; but due to the difference between Reddit and Lemmy (for example, there is no flair) many things are not doable here.
- No shitposting. This includes posts that start with "if this gets X upvotes..."
- Posts must ask a question (or be answerable in some way).
- All comments must be a single character (including number and emoji, they too have to be single letter), except:
- When the post title begin with [Meta].
- Comments reminding people that they violate the rules.
- If you feel that the Ouija has completed its answer, you may comment with "Goodbye" to end the thread. If you want a fancy Goodbye, it would be okay, but it need to have a clear indication of it is a “goodbye”.
- You may add commentary as long as it's a child comment of a "goodbye" (in reply to a "goodbye", in reply to a comment that's replying to a "goodbye", etc).
- You may not reply directly to your own letter comment (this includes replying to your own letter with a Goodbye) but you can still reply multiple times in a thread.
- You may not help answer your own question. You can still reply to a Goodbye, but you cannot add letters or Goodbyes. You've done your job; let the spirits do theirs.
- No bots.
These rules are a work-in-progress and subject to change. Feedback is welcome.
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Well, since there are people asking there should be a bot posting final answer, so right now needs your opinion, due to lack to features in Lemmy:
- There is no flair;
- There is no ability to edit user’s post as mod;
- There is no pinning comments function.
If you guys are fine for the just a generic bot reply in the comments, I will go and build one. Or if you have a better idea, comment about it
Also just a reminder that you can free to comment in this post.
Edit: Some people might not know what is this final answer bot. Back in the r/askouija, there is a bot running that will automatically set flair to Ouija says: for the first answer with goodbye that is over a certain amount of upvotes. You can also customize it by setting a custom upvote threshold using “minscore: ”. The image below is what it looks like:
People have been asking for this bot since the beginning of this community that I always end up with finding it not feasible. Due to someone raising the question again recently, I decided to start this post to ask for some extra opinions.
Hmmm… it could be done but feels weird
Yup. My personal vote is definitely inaction, at least until lemmy gets flairs.
Post flair is the only way. Maybe pin a link to the feature request, explaining that until the feature is available it won’t happen.
I have no idea what's going on here. What is the point of this bot in the first place?
In the r/askouija, there is a bot running that will automatically set flair to Ouija says: for the first answer with goodbye that is over a certain amount of upvotes. You can also customize it by setting a custom upvote threshold using “minscore: ”. The image below is what it looks like:
People have been asking for this bot since the beginning of creating this community that I always end up with finding it not feasible. Due to someone raising the question again recently, I decided to start this post to ask for some opinions.
F
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A second post with the answer filled into the question?
This feels weird… how will you create this second post?