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I've just had this idea. Why don't we create a bot that scans comments and replies to them with boardgamegeek links for every game found in the comment?

To simplify the implementation I would be favourable to introduce some sort of syntax to make unambiguous whether or not some words are a game name or not.

What do you think about this idea?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I don’t mind this kind of bot activity. Saves me from having to go look it up. Just my 2¢

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Check out this awesome bot that was recently built for /r/boardgames :

https://github.com/HgCNO2/reddit-bggfetcherbot

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

On reddit, several video game subreddits had the relevant names in brackets, which got parsed and linked to a wiki,...

E.g. Hey, if you want to get [Ability] you have to talk to [Person] at [Place] and fulfill their quest line. Also you'd need to pay 5 [Ressource]

Depending on the search function of BGG, one might even link to categories, mechanisms,...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is even better than what I was thinking. I wonder if Lemmy APIs allows it tho.

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

I am not opposed to the idea. If you need my support as the mod, please feel free to reach out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good to know that you're not contrary, however, I just wanted to bring an idea to the attention of the community. Right now I have neither the time nor the knowledge to do such a thing.

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

I guess the entire foundation thing is taking its toll.

But if there is someone willing to make such a mod, I am all for helping where I can.

[–] Poob 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have an example or a link to a git repo?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I remember u/spirescan-bot for r/slaythespire. It uses double braces, but works this way.

Here's a random old post from the bot about new features where users are testing these: https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/d8t92r/new_bot_features/

The bot comments don't link to its source, but searching the bot username on Google leads to this repository, that looks good at afirst glance. Seems to be a python bot and the source code contains the URL of the Slay The Spire Wiki: https://github.com/painebenjamin/spirescanbot

[–] Poob 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I'll take a look

[–] return0 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No promises, but gonna see if I can toss something together. Gonna use this a test post.

[[Bot Factory]]

[–] boardgamebot 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] return0 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Looking alright for an MVP. Now just need to prevent duplicate comments, add a bot disclaimer, do a little code cleanup, and remember the password to my server.

Honestly, I'm most concerned about that last item...

Edit: one more test [[Robo Rally]] [[Arkham Horror]]

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

The test didn't with the second time? Does it still work? Or for that other guy who tried it with Concordia?

I'll try a test of my own.

[[Spirit Island]]

[–] return0 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s code complete, but hasn’t been deployed anywhere. I straight up don’t remember my password to my server, so need to find time to rebuild the server before it’ll work.

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

You were right to be worried about that after all 😂

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

This i great, thank you!

[–] pathief 2 points 1 year ago

[[Concordia]]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm probably in the minority but I am not a fan of bot posts sprinkled into the thread. I am happy with just having the game names Clearly Marked or Manually Linked.

It's easy enough to block a bot though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I agree with you, but a lot of traffic comes in from mobile and its bit more cumbersome to add the links properly

[–] myfavouritename 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm okay with a bot providing extra context. It's easy to block for those who don't want it.

I do hope that people will get into the habit of making game titles bold. It makes it so much easier to scan a ton of comments to see if a particular game is being talked about.

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