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YSK - for all the things that can make your life easier!

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Why YSK: I've seen several commenters asking if there were specific bots such as RemindMe

However, there are so many bots already on mastodon that will federate with us! Check out botsin.space, a masto-instance specifically made for hosting bots

Just tag @remindme@mstdn.social and say the time after (I recommend you not do it on this post unless you have an actual reason though as it could spam their servers)

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[–] Orvanis@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is insanely cool... I don't know why it never occurred to me that bots on other platforms could work here due to federation, but it makes so much sense. Thanks for sharing!

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I also love the idea that we can have "bot instances" (as mentioned by OP) so an instance can decide if they want most bots or not. Not sure if communities themselves can exercise that kind of control but that would be amazing as well.

Add that to the rapidly growing lists of things that are improved on a decentralized platform!

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[–] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Now all we need is a way to use the bots without clogging the comment section with bot commands.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Common sense and decency would suggest doing them as child comments so that the whole thread of them can be easily collapsed.

Only a jackass would do a bot command as a top comment.

[–] Johandea@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can see that you're new to the Internet. Welcome!

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I'm just yelling into the void. It's therapeutic.

[–] toototabon@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly! Now I'm sad/disappointed the threads will be drowned with commands.

Yes, it's neat to have these tools but it doesn't actually provide anything to the discussion at hand.

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[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@remindme@mstdn.social 1 minute

[–] remindme@mstdn.social 4 points 1 year ago

@x4740N Here is your reminder!

[–] remindme@mstdn.social 3 points 1 year ago

@x4740N Ok, I will remind you on Thursday Jul 6, 2023 at 3:30 AM PDT.

[–] joolez@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social in 5 minutes

[–] whiskers@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

How to find the available bots and their instructions on the botsin.space?

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] remindme@mstdn.social 2 points 1 year ago

@danc4498 Here is your reminder!

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's too bad. Karma and bots are two things I was happy to get away from.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago

At least it seems on here so far bots have to be explicitly called for.

[–] infekted@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social 1 minute

[–] joolez@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social dm 2 minutes

[–] joolez@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social dm in 5 minutes

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool! But does the bot have to know of this community to see mentions? How does fediverse tagging work?

[–] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Adding a user's @user@domain.com in a comment is - to really simplify it - just like sending them an email. The bot get a message that you posted something, it process the message and "emails" you back at that time.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 year ago

Sweet - makes sense. Just tested it on an obscure community on a small instance. Worked!

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social in 5 minutes

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social in 15 minutes

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 0 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social in 2 days

[–] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@remindme@mstdn.social in 1 hour

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

I'll try it too: @remindme@mstdn.social dm 5 minutes

[–] OniiChan@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@remindme@mstdn.social dm remind me after 1 minute

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[–] Distributed@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mastodon.social 5 minutes

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@remindme@mstdn.social dm in 1 minute

[–] neblem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Piggybacking on your comment to lessen spam at top. @remindme@mstdn.social in 1 minute DM

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] neblem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@XpeeN@sopuli.xyz I think the format has to be "@bot@server time" you both put "in" after the bots username

@remindme@mstdn.social 10 minutes

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social 2 minutes

[–] IverCoder@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@remindme@mstdn.social in 1 minute

[–] remindme@mstdn.social 2 points 1 year ago

@IverCoder Here is your reminder!

[–] remindme@mstdn.social 1 points 1 year ago

@IverCoder Ok, I will remind you on Tuesday Jul 4, 2023 at 8:20 PM PDT.

[–] Jeom@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@remindme@mstdn.social in 3 years

[–] remindme@mstdn.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Jeom @lemonadebunny (dev here) we don't currently support setting reminders that last for years

[–] koorool@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] amiuhle@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

A bit pessimistic though.

[–] Eideen@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social dm 1 minute

[–] Socialphilosopher@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@remindme@mastodon.social in 1 minute

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[–] wasabi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

@remindme@mstdn.social dm in 5 minutes

[–] hawkwind@lemmy.management 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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