I think the title says it all. Basically, when a new comment appears on your targeted post, it sends you a PM about it.

@PostWatchBot@lemy.lol

Usage

  • Subscribe to a post: just mention the bot in the comments or send the link to the bot via PM.
  • Unsubscribe from a post: send PM to the bot with stop text and link of the post like stop https://lemmy.ml/post/1234
  • Unsubscribe completely: Send PM to the bot and add stop text to your message. It will unsubscribe you from all subscriptions.

Note: the bot sends only one notification per post. It waits for the previous notification to be marked as read for new comments.

Made with @CannotSleep420@hexbear.net’s lemmy-bot project 🙏 Tomorrow I will publish the code publicly after adding README and self-hosting guide.

  • smegEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’d second the worry about the bot comments and bot-summoning comments becoming noise, I remember all the “remind me” comments on reddit clogging up comment feeds!

    • iso@lemy.lolOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m moving bot messages to PMs right now. So there will be no bot message.

      • smegEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        That’s good, though I’d imagine people would still rather not read 100 bot-summoning comments on a popular thread. Any way to activate the bot via PM too? Or maybe by sharing somehow?

        • iso@lemy.lolOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I don’t think those would work TBH. Activation can be done by PM, but I don’t think anyone would want to do that.