I’ve just had this idea. Why don’t we create a bot that scans comments and replies to them with boardgamegeek links for every game found in the comment?

To simplify the implementation I would be favourable to introduce some sort of syntax to make unambiguous whether or not some words are a game name or not.

What do you think about this idea?

  • return0@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    No promises, but gonna see if I can toss something together. Gonna use this a test post.

    [[Bot Factory]]

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        Looking alright for an MVP. Now just need to prevent duplicate comments, add a bot disclaimer, do a little code cleanup, and remember the password to my server.

        Honestly, I’m most concerned about that last item…

        Edit: one more test [[Robo Rally]] [[Arkham Horror]]

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          2 years ago

          The test didn’t with the second time? Does it still work? Or for that other guy who tried it with Concordia?

          I’ll try a test of my own.

          [[Spirit Island]]

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            2 years ago

            It’s code complete, but hasn’t been deployed anywhere. I straight up don’t remember my password to my server, so need to find time to rebuild the server before it’ll work.

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    2 years ago

    On reddit, several video game subreddits had the relevant names in brackets, which got parsed and linked to a wiki,…

    E.g. Hey, if you want to get [Ability] you have to talk to [Person] at [Place] and fulfill their quest line. Also you’d need to pay 5 [Ressource]

    Depending on the search function of BGG, one might even link to categories, mechanisms,…

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      2 years ago

      This is even better than what I was thinking. I wonder if Lemmy APIs allows it tho.

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        2 years ago

        I am not opposed to the idea. If you need my support as the mod, please feel free to reach out

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          2 years ago

          Good to know that you’re not contrary, however, I just wanted to bring an idea to the attention of the community. Right now I have neither the time nor the knowledge to do such a thing.

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    2 years ago

    I’m probably in the minority but I am not a fan of bot posts sprinkled into the thread. I am happy with just having the game names Clearly Marked or Manually Linked.

    It’s easy enough to block a bot though.

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      I’m okay with a bot providing extra context. It’s easy to block for those who don’t want it.

      I do hope that people will get into the habit of making game titles bold. It makes it so much easier to scan a ton of comments to see if a particular game is being talked about.

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      2 years ago

      I agree with you, but a lot of traffic comes in from mobile and its bit more cumbersome to add the links properly