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)
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!
Will that bot work if I use lemmy.ml?
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!
@remindme@mstdn.social in 5 minutes
Is there a bot for polls?
Yes! I found @Pollsforfun@mastodon.social for that
However, I don’t think polls federate on Lemmy and haven’t tested it yet so it might not work here
@lemonadebunny @hawkwind Hi! Yes I do polls but also I’m not a bot so I can engage with people as well! :BlobHajMlem:
I had no idea!! Oops!! Good job on your polls then they’re very interesting 🫡
@lemonadebunny Thankyou!
Good bot
Yes! I found @Pollsforfun@mastodon.social for that
However, I don’t think polls federate on Lemmy and haven’t tested it yet so it might not work here
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Use me to send you reminders about toots! E.g., “@remindme 1 day”, “@remindme 1 week”, or “@remindme 12h”
If you’d like the reminders to be sent via dm (instead of publicly), add “dm” to the message. For example, “@remindme dm 1 day”
How to find the available bots and their instructions on the botsin.space?
The thing about botsin.space is that it’s open to anyone who wants to host a bot, so there really isn’t any “centralized” listing besides what Mastodon offers by itself, and most bots generally have any instructions on their bios or pins.
Yep! botsin.space is just a server dedicated to it, while ANY server can have a bot
The closest I found to a “directory” was the local page of the instance but that just shows posts made by the bots
Yeah, that’s what I found too. I was hoping to find a page that shows users of that instance. That way I can read up the bios of any interesting bots.
Cool! But does the bot have to know of this community to see mentions? How does fediverse tagging work?
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.
Sweet - makes sense. Just tested it on an obscure community on a small instance. Worked!
@remindme@mstdn.social in 5 minutes
Uh, actually, how do you do the tagging? It looks like only one user here has managed it, for everyone else, the first ‘@’ is being ignored.
Let’s try it out @remindme@mstdn.social in 1 minute
EDIT: It works, I think you have to write the number out
@remindme@mstdn.social in 5 minutes
@LazaroFilm Here is your reminder!
@LazaroFilm Ok, I will remind you on Tuesday Jul 4, 2023 at 6:28 PM PDT.
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@KLISHDFSDF Here is your reminder!
I’ll try it too: @remindme@mstdn.social dm 5 minutes
@remindme@mastodon.social 5 minutes
Now all we need is a way to use the bots without clogging the comment section with bot commands.
Common sense and decency would suggest doing them as child comments so that the whole thread of them can be easily collapsed.
I can see that you’re new to the Internet. Welcome!
I’m just yelling into the void. It’s therapeutic.
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.
Yeah I didn’t want that 😭 I was hoping people would read to the end
At least, you can add dm before the time so that the bot will respond to you privately.
@remindme@mstdn.social in 1 minute
@IverCoder Here is your reminder!
Good bot
@IverCoder Ok, I will remind you on Tuesday Jul 4, 2023 at 8:20 PM PDT.
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