Could this be another feasible idea? Make the bot check if there's a whatever wrote:
line in the post, and if there is, make it add to the irc announcement something like "(as a response to whatever's post)".
Ok, maybe that doesn't really add any useful information, but I just wanted to throw the idea.
Could this be another feasible idea? Make the bot check if there's a [quote="whatever"] line in the post, and if there is, make it add to the irc announcement something like "(as a response to whatever's post)".
Ok, maybe that doesn't really add any useful information, but I just wanted to throw the idea.
A similar idea would be to harvest other useful information - perhaps a mapping of words to topics, and whenever a word is found in the mapping that topic could be listed: "xxx posted about metroid and deassembly"
something like "(as a response to whatever's post)".
It already does that if the post had a subject (the quote button makes it "Re: <previous content>"
It's just nobody bothers to use said post subject, so you know.
I will disable this feature for the time being.
Although its summaries are fun to read, they seem to harm more than help.
I intended it for helping the quick perusal on which forum posts one would be interested in replying to, but such opportunities are a little too rare compared to the amount of text it spews on the channel.
It'd be really nice if NesVideoAgent gave us a diff of what changed when someone edits a post, so that we know if it's worth looking at. If changedlines == 1, then print the line, else print the number of lines changed, perhaps.
Some people can't find the "minor edit" checkbox...
Editing a post after people have responded to it has always felt like a dubious practice to me, especially if it changes/hides what the original post said. (Adding new information to the post is ok, especially if it's marked clearly as such.)
