I’m re-posting this as I’ve moved the community to a different server for various reasons, and want to ensure anybody interested is aware.

It’s a community for discussion of the UK Freeview TV platform, with a bot which posts channel changes when they happen.

!dtt@feddit.uk

!dtt@feddit.uk (Lemmy local link)

@dtt@feddit.uk (Kbin local link)

@dtt@feddit.uk

https://feddit.uk/c/dtt (searching for this tends to produce the best results on Lemmy if the community isn’t known)

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝A
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    1 year ago

    How’s the bot working out for you? I see you’ve got one ticking over for the Bedfordshire community that seems to be producing a nice trickle of posts through the day - do you decide what gets posted or is it slow news week in Beds?

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      1 year ago

      The bot generally works OK (the problems are more the Pi it runs on has a somewhat flaky wifi connection so sometimes it posts stuff it shouldn’t post, or vice versa, than anything to do with Lemmy)

      The Bedfordshire one is something I knocked up to get some content flowing. The sources aren’t the best (lack of RSS feeds on websites these days) but, yes, it posts everything - every day is a slow news day in Beds 😄

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝A
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        1 year ago

        Well slow news data are better than the alternative, I suppose.

        Interesting to hear about how the bots work. I was probably wondering about something fancier.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, I’ve never bothered to try to create one with a moderation queue. Seems like too much work!

          • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝A
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            1 year ago

            And you don’t need to if actual news is fairly predictable. I’d either want to funnel a flood into a trickle or check first for false positives. I am sure there’ll be plenty along eventually.