[RELEASED] @mention notification bot - now with Telegram

[Piggy]

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You got it wrong. The thread you should send to the bot is a thread where he will post every time you get mentioned.

- I create a thread called "Mentions to TryNinja" and link it to the bot.
- Every time someone says @TryNinja, the bot quotes the post in the "Mentions to TryNinja" thread.

The bot already checks the whole forum by reading every new post created (which are shown in the "recent posts" page).

For example, here is Loyce's thread: Are you looking for me?

Yes.


The thread you put in the PM during the registration is the one where you receive solely the notifications, i may have not wrote it very clearly, i'll make it more explicit peraphs.

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[Piggy]

We are up again for another round of testing. I made changes and fixes based on the past feedback.

I need still to code some way to allow some changes on what should trigger the notifications and the link of the thread where you get notified. So that if somebody want just to receive them when is explicitly mentioned in a certain way can do so. This will happen through PM, with something like this in the body:

Code:

link
tagusername:on/off
quote:on/off
plainusername:on/off

I'm looking into adding one alias as well which will work just if is not overlapping with the main username of a registered user already and maybe if it's not too different from the original username.

For the moment i will leave the bot up to check if anything else is coming up to be fixed.
Next step if everything goes well is to look into a more permanent way to let it run, probably a raspberry pi will do.

[TheBeardedBaby]

We are up again for another round of testing. I made changes and fixes based on the past feedback.

I need still to code some way to allow some changes on what should trigger the notifications and the link of the thread where you get notified. So that if somebody want just to receive them when is explicitly mentioned in a certain way can do so. This will happen through PM, with something like this in the body:

Code:

link
tagusername:on/off
quote:on/off
plainusername:on/off

Are those functions enabled by default or we have to manually enable them?
Very useful features btw

[Piggy]

Are those functions enabled by default or we have to manually enable them?
Very useful features btw

Yes, at this moment everything is enabled by default and you receive notifications for all these three cases. As soon as i implement these options you can set it as you like.

[Piggy]

Update

through a PM while placing in the subject subscribe if you subscribing, or  options if you are already subscribed you can now specify other settings in the body of the message, like this:

Code:

alias:your_alias
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=00000000
tagusername:on
quote:off
plainusername:on

in order are:
Alias is another name you can use to get notified when somebody mention it, both with @ or without (based on the settings below)
The notification thread if you want to change it
Tagusername, activates/deactivates notification while being mentioned using @ like @username
Quote, activates/deactivates notification while being quoted
Plainusername,  activates/deactivates notification while your username is being mentioned (without using the @)

If none of these options are specified the alias i disabled and the notifications are all on by default.

You can have an alias set and you will get a notification based on your preferences, if there is no other user already registered having that username. Otherwise you won't be notified.

We are getting close to a possible release, these two changes need now to be tested to be sure that everything works 100%, between today and tomorrow probably is going to be enough to spot problems.

[Piggy]

The bot have been running all night and no major problems came up. 

I'm going to add support to receive notifications directly in telegram as well, for whom would prefer to get them in there. When this is done ill start to look into a permanent way to let it run.

[Initscri]

The bot have been running all night and no major problems came up. 

I'm going to add support to receive notifications directly in telegram as well, for whom would prefer to get them in there. When this is done ill start to look into a permanent way to let it run.

Telegram would be a lot easier as it wouldn't require the creation of a thread (leads to needless post creation technically)

Any recos as to where to post these notification threads? I saw off-topic as a common choice

[Piggy]

The bot have been running all night and no major problems came up. 

I'm going to add support to receive notifications directly in telegram as well, for whom would prefer to get them in there. When this is done ill start to look into a permanent way to let it run.

Telegram would be a lot easier as it wouldn't require the creation of a thread (leads to needless post creation technically)

Any recos as to where to post these notification threads? I saw off-topic as a common choice

Yes for the moment off topic seems to be the right place, or at least i didn't receive any complain from the moderators for the moment.

But in general is probably better to have also some other options open using Telegram.

[Initscri]

The bot have been running all night and no major problems came up. 

I'm going to add support to receive notifications directly in telegram as well, for whom would prefer to get them in there. When this is done ill start to look into a permanent way to let it run.

Telegram would be a lot easier as it wouldn't require the creation of a thread (leads to needless post creation technically)

Any recos as to where to post these notification threads? I saw off-topic as a common choice

Yes for the moment off topic seems to be the right place, or at least i didn't receive any complain from the moderators for the moment.

But in general is probably better to have also some other options open using Telegram.

I mean I definitely wouldn't get rid of the functionality to send notifications to topics. Could be helpful in certain situations (thread/campaign management, etc)

But yea, telegram is probably the best route for 90% of people.

[OgNasty]

This seems like a great innovation. I look forward to trying it out soon.

[DdmrDdmr]

@Piggy, with the Jr. Rank demotions, @Maggiordomo is now a Newbie. That implies we need to allow PMs from Newbies (which I had disabled). I've merited @Maggiordomo with 1 sMerit in order to avoid this, and so you don't have to merit your own Alt Bot account.. you can’t have a Newbie running your bot butler (Maggiordomo), let's give him some status  …

[Piggy]

@Piggy, with the Jr. Rank demotions, @Maggiordomo is now a Newbie. That implies we need to allow PMs from Newbies (which I had disabled). I've merited @Maggiordomo with 1 sMerit in order to avoid this, and so you don't have to merit your own Alt Bot account.. you can’t have a Newbie running your bot butler (Maggiordomo), let's give him some status  …

Thank you, now at least i can put some information in the signature as well, so if some problem happen people knows who to blame.
I'm not using yet PM, but they could come useful for something i haven't tough of yet.

[OgNasty]

After taking a look at this to set it up, it appears that the notifications are sent to a thread and not a PM?  Why is this?  I would think we'd want our notifications to be private in the form of a PM and not a public thread post.  Maybe providing our user ID for PMs instead of a thread link would be a better solution?

[Piggy]

After taking a look at this to set it up, it appears that the notifications are sent to a thread and not a PM?  Why is this?  I would think we'd want our notifications to be private in the form of a PM and not a public thread post.  Maybe providing our user ID for PMs instead of a thread link would be a better solution?

The main problem with pm is that they are restricted to avoid abuses https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2536728.0 so i would not be able to send that many, beside that, you could get quite a lot of messages if you want the notifications to be instantaneous and i imagine it could be quite intrusive.
With a thread you get a mail notification once, till you visit again the thread, plus you can also lock the thread if you start to receive too much notifications, so you have more control vs PM.

There is going to be a choice to get notifications directly in Telegram as well which it may be preferable for some people.

[PolyPanto]

Hello @Piggy, thank you for your work and good luck with it.

I wanted to ask, is it possible to implement an option that a bot will be able to track other information which belongs to your account? For example, if abusers/scammers use your forum profile/social account (links) to apply to different campaigns, about which you even never heard.  The same question about public tables published on the forum. Thank you.

[Piggy]

Hello @Piggy, thank you for your work and good luck with it.

I wanted to ask, is it possible to implement an option that a bot will be able to track other information which belongs to your account? For example, if abusers/scammers use your forum profile/social account (links) to apply to different campaigns, about which you even never heard.  The same question about public tables published on the forum. Thank you.

One problem is that all the information are inside google spreadsheet, so is necessary to look specifically for those and then keep checking them periodically,  is a bit different from what i'm doing in here and would not fit. This would require something dedicated, perhaps for a future project. Ultimately should be a responsibility of the bounty managers to do proper checks.


Telegram notification added(need some testing to make sure everything works)

For who is already registered just send a pm with options in the subject of the bot and add in the body:

Code:

telegram:yourTelegramUsername

Before or after you have done this you need to contact @Maggiordomo_Service_bot on telegram with the same telegram username used for registering and just write something to him so he can bind your telegram and forum account togheter.

If you are not subscribed yet send a pm with subscribe in the subject to the bot and add in the body:

Code:

telegram:yourTelegramUsername

or

Code:

telegram:yourTelegramUsername
linkToYourThread

if you want to receive the notifications on both.

I still need to add an option to enable/disable notification on forum and telegram as preferred.

[Piggy]

- fixed few issues with the registration using telegram, now babo and Initscri should be able to get their notifications in telegram  

I'll be keeping it on today as well to check if anything else comes up. If you haven't tried it yet feel free to register, instructions are in the first post.

piggy

[Initscri]

- fixed few issues with the registration using telegram, now babo and Initscri should be able to get their notifications in telegram 

I'll be keeping it on today as well to check if anything else comes up. If you haven't tried it yet feel free to register, instructions are in the first post.

piggy

Yep, it worked, just received your notification!

Thanks!

[Piggy]

 @PolyPanto please try to send a pm with options in the subject instead of subscribe, you are already subscribed so it was ignoring your previous request. This way i can also see if everything works. Thanks

[PolyPanto]

Hello @Piggy, thank you for your work and good luck with it.

I wanted to ask, is it possible to implement an option that a bot will be able to track other information which belongs to your account? For example, if abusers/scammers use your forum profile/social account (links) to apply to different campaigns, about which you even never heard.  The same question about public tables published on the forum. Thank you.

One problem is that all the information are inside google spreadsheet, so is necessary to look specifically for those and then keep checking them periodically,  is a bit different from what i'm doing in here and would not fit. This would require something dedicated, perhaps for a future project. Ultimately should be a responsibility of the bounty managers to do proper checks.

Regarding the google sheets, it was worth it to ask, as it irritates that scammers apply with your details, thanks for answering

@PolyPanto please try to send a pm with options in the subject instead of subscribe, you are already subscribed so it was ignoring your previous request. This way i can also see if everything works. Thanks

Thanks, sent again. Now I understand, why the bot didn't react, my mistake