[mega-thread] Automator - A forum bot that responds to domain removal requests (and soon more)

Okay, now it’s time to stop :joy: Let’s just hope @jenn goes “Awww” to the gifs so the bot can be approved :slight_smile: I mean, who can say no to those :joy:

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Let’s hope :slight_smile: (the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog to reach the 20 character limit)

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Throw some random characters in brackets to get around the limit.

ie <ieru2iowesfiefj> but without backticks

Ok. (the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog to reach the 20 character limit)

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Is that a joke? :joy:

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” is used when previewing fonts because it contains all the characters of the english alphabet.

Seems like github doesn’t like my linux server :frowning: I’ll be looking further into this.

So I have to verify my linux server to github, I am working on writing a program for that.

I can’t breathe! I messed up something :joy:

The bot is now up and running, I’ll keep it online until I get an explicit message from the moderation or administration to turn it off. (Current version is 216 lines of javascript code :open_mouth: that’s not bad).

The bot is guaranteed to answer domain removal posts within 1-2 minutes.

I’m also going to implement features:

  • deleting an automated message (can be used by administration and/or moderation, and selected moderators).
  • Changing the topic title to [domain-removal] {title} when the topic is confirmed to be related to domain removals.
  • Adding a feedback page to the bot.
  • Adding an API to the bot.

Happy Glitching!

Edit: The bot will operate under my account for 1-2 days before I switch it to @automator.

Edit 2: Everything seems to be stable and working:

Message to Glitch: If you want me to take this down I will do so ASAP. Otherwise, I’d ask that we can see how this bot goes for some time, and discuss possibly giving me an api key to make the bot a less load for the discourse server.

P.S. I really want to work closely with Glitch regarding this bot to make sure that both Glitch and the community feels that the bot is trusting and welcoming.

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Is the bot refreshing that image? :thinking:

No that was me :joy: Although, that is not a bad idea! Hahah just kidding.

Lol :joy: :joy: (the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog to reach the 20 character limit)

Hi there @ihack2712!
Maybe you should set up Puppeteer to read posts too and more interaction so the bot can get Regular on the forum and can rename, etc. Would love for it to be a moderator so that it can look official/like it’s a bot.

That would be very difficult, which is why I’m hoping Glitch will give me an API key with permissions to do some stuff like a regular can, that way it can look more official and more welcoming.

If I get and API key it will be A LOT easier to continue developing the bot, and I will actually take the time to write clean code with pipelines and so on, so everything can be open-source and look beautiful.

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@EddiesTech or @ihack2712 one of you guys need to change the title to Mega thread

Just sent an email to @glitch_support so they will hopefully give us permission :slight_smile:
Email body: https://pastebin.com/hSRQ6jDZ
Eddie

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Ouh oh!! What about making the bot automatically adding [mega-thread]

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Cool! I will send an email as well explaining a couple of things and ask about some sort of collaboration on this.

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