• deegeese
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    10 months ago

    If it’s a rule, what purpose is served by a bot publiclly nagging the poster instead of actually enforcing the rule?

    If it’s not a rule, it shouldn’t be trashing up the comment section with automated pedantry.

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      10 months ago

      The purpose of the bot is to make the poster aware of the rule, so they can edit the post. I don’t personally see how one comment “trashes up the comment section”. Another reason for not deleting the posts it detects, is because it’s a bot, and bots make mistakes.

      Let me know if you have any more feedback (:

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        10 months ago

        DM the poster if you want to make suggestions privately.

        Doing it the comment section is pedantic bot spam.

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          10 months ago

          The bot is also being used by mods to monitor any posts flagged by the bot. I am working on a discord version of that system, so that’s still a work in progress.