[WORKING] LoyceV's alternative for Piggy's @mention notification bot

[LoyceV]

Since Piggy hasn't been online for 1.5 months and Maggiordomo is offline for 2.5 days, I'll make my own notification service. If the kids allow me today, that is.

Results go here: http://loyce.club/notifications/, you can use something like Check4Change once I'm done. I can't automate PMs yet, and Telegram is also above my paygrade.

Post in this topic to subscribe!
See my next post for the required format. This is likely to change later.
Don't create a second post to subscribe: Edit your post to make changes. It's okay to subscribe with your alt account too.

Instead of my usual, which is starting at topic for testing in Archival, I'll start one here. Feel free to join the testing and make suggestions.
Notifications are not case-sensitive ("loycev" works as well as "LoyceV").

Current plans:

I can set up something similar to LoyceV's: Follow users on Bitcointalk.org (posts and/or topics), but so far that doesn't have a lot of users.
It's less easy to follow than PMs, but doesn't give PM-spam for active users and you could use a Browser plugin such as check4change for it to get notifications.
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a blacklist

Once I have it working, it'll be easy to expand with keywords (say: "Bitcoin") and a blacklist (we all know who I'm talking about) of users to ignore.

Limitations

• I scrape each topic title only once (it's not the post title). If the topic title changes, it won't change in the Notifications.
• Updates aren't realtime. Currently, there are 5 2 updates per hour. This may change in the future (depending on the required processing power).
• Only notifications from the past 7 days are shown. Older notifications will be removed.
• If there's a "$" in your username, I'll remove it from your name before searching for matches (this is why).
  

Warning
Don't quote someone else's preferences (the ones within code-tags) in this topic. I haven't excluded quotes yet, so you might accidentally "copy" and use someone else's preferences.

TODO:
-add topic title
-only upload updates if there are changes.
-ascending or descending order
-just links to posts, or full quotes: make this optional!
-fix ignore list for users
-add ignore options for topics (useful for statistical threads that give weekly notifications)
-Add numbering
-fix usernames with $ (coinlocket$)
-add link to archived posts
-Ignore usernames if they're part of a larger word (initScript > Initscri).
-improve performance
-differentiate between quotes and @mentions
-custom aliases
-fix alignment (example of the problem)
-add link on loyce.club homepage
-upload update only if there is a new notification, don't update just to remove old notifications
-replace "Today" in quotes with the current date

See [overview] LoyceV's useful data on Bitcointalk for more of my forum-related topics

[LoyceV]

Use this format to subscribe (please keep this in 1 post only):

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/459836.html

Code:

ignoreuser:459836
ignoreuser:2580400
ignoreuser:2758665
ignoreuser:2771981
ignoreuser:1003533
ignoreuser:2810185
ignoreuser:2790813
ignoreuser:2371095
ignoretopic:5069140
ignoretopic:5185770
ignoretopic:5129273
ignoretopic:5115154
ignoretopic:5184177
ignoretopic:5206032
ignoretopic:5209576
ignoretopic:5034141
iamagirl:no
fullquotesorjustlinks:fullquotes
order:newestfirst
stillusingthis:yes

Use your own userID in the first link, this is where your notifications will go.
Create an Ignore-list within code-tags. Use one userID per line, and start each line with "I:". The first userID on my ignore list is my own: I don't want to receive a notification when I'm talking to myself

Options within code-tags (not all options are needed, just add what you need):
Ignore user:
ignoreuser:userID
I:userID < old code! please stop using this and use "ignoreuser"
Ignore topic:
ignoretopic:topicID
Preference: show fullquotes or justlinks:
fullquotesorjustlinks:fullquotes (this is the default behaviour, just like the forum)
or
fullquotesorjustlinks:justlinks
Preference: ascending or descending:
order:oldestfirst (this is the default behaviour, just like the forum)
or
order:newestfirst
If you're a girl (or if you really just want to be addressed as "she"):
iamagirl:yes (the default is assuming you're a dude)

Please use one option per line.
The maximum is currently set to 50 options in total. Post here if that's not enough.

[LoyceMobile]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1903546.html

Code:

ignoreuser:459836
ignoreuser:1903546
fullquotesorjustlinks:fullquotes
order:newestfirst

[psycodad]

Sorry for the possibly numb question:
Are we supposed to post here to subscribe?

Thanks for your efforts!

[LoyceV]

Are we supposed to post here to subscribe?

Yes But you'll have to use the correct format.

[psycodad]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/430390.html

Code:

ignoreuser:430390
fullquotesorjustlinks:fullquotes
order:newestfirst
stillusingthis:yes

[witcher_sense]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1433865.html

Code:

ignoreuser:1433865
fullquotesorjustlinks:fullquotes
order:newestfirst

[DireWolfM14]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/2003859.html

Code:

ignoreuser:2003859
ignoreuser:2604219
fullquotesorjustlinks:justlinks
order:newestfirst

[psycodad]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/430390.html

Sorry, I changed the requirements, please add an s

Thanks, I edited my post.

[o_e_l_e_o]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1188543.html

Code:

ignoreuser:1188543
ignoretopic:5214437
fullquotesorjustlinks:justlinks
order:newestfirst
stillusingthis:yes

[eddie13]

If you could just combine this with your /follow to also "follow" quotes of UIDs and mentions (basically keywords right?) this would be pretty cool to "follow" all of these things you would like notifications of in one nifty place..

Either way, I will probably eventually subscribe to these fine services you are offering when I feel like playing with it..

Well
Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/580327.html

Code:

I: 580327
fullquotesorjustlinks:justlinks
order:newestfirst

That's a start..

[Halab]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1053119.html

Code:

I: 1053119
ignoreuser:2725817
ignoreuser:2736929
ignoreuser:2584550
ignoreuser:2742076
ignoreuser:2744696
order:newestfirst
stillusingthis:yes

[asche]

Code:

I:1580039

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1580039.html

Thanks LoyceV

[khaled0111]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1012655.html

Code:

ignoreuser:1012655

thank you Loyce, updated.
So, whenever I want to edit my preferences all I have to do is to update this reply, right!

[mu_enrico]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1574226.html

Code:

ignoreuser:1574226
ignoreuser:459836
ignoreuser:1292764
order:newestfirst
stillusingthis:yes

[F2b]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1120609.html

Code:

ignoreuser:1120609
order:newestfirst
fullquotesorjustlinks:justlinks
stillusingthis:yes

[LoyceV]

If you could just combine this with your /follow to also "follow" quotes of UIDs and mentions (basically keywords right?) this would be pretty cool to "follow" all of these things you would like notifications of in one nifty place..

That could probably work, and having only one page to look at is better than 2. But that's for later, I want to get this working first.

Well
 http://loyce.club/notifications/580327.html

You're going to have to add "Notifications: " in front of it. I don't just want to "activate" anyone who ever posts in this topic, so the format is important.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/662330.html

Code:

I:662330

Edit:
I see my page is active now. Got question:
1. I will need to visit the page always to see any update?
2. You are ordering ascending or descending?
    Latest one on the top will be nice.

Thanks

Edit again:
Do you log IP address of the visitors on the pages?

[tvplus006]

Notifications: http://loyce.club/notifications/1311641.html

Code:

ignoreuser:1311641
fullquotesorjustlinks:fullquotes
order:newestfirst
stillusingthis:yes

Thanks LoyceV

[eddie13]

You're going to have to add "Notifications: " in front of it.

oops fixed