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Microsoft Edge is apparently usurping Chrome on people’s PCs
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
@Asudox@lemmy.world
Suggestion/request: please, consider making your bot opt-in, or to only act when explicitly requested to do so (e.g. by adding
!wikibot
to the post/comment).While this bot outputs good info, and it's trivial to opt out to a single bot, it's still adding a bit of unnecessary noise, and a nasty precedent. Eventually Lemmy will get more bots, and some won't be as useful as this one; the noise will quickly pile up, unless users are expected to opt out to every single one of them.
This would probably also allow you to let the bot operate outside this comm.
Yeah well I did this so that the bot just doesn't sit idle waiting for someone to mention it because it's not very well known yet. I might do that as it indeed seems like it's annoying some users. Thanks for the suggestion.
Got it - for initial discoverability I guess that it's fine.
I wish that we had some page or similar where people could actually look for bots, and how to trigger them.
Alright, thanks for your suggestion. The main program is not only now smaller but also faster. Anyone can use it anytime by writing their comment with their wikipedia link and mentioning the bot anywhere in the comment.
Test:
Read this to learn about computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer @wikibot@lemmy.world
Here's the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These programs enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term computer system may refer to a nominally complete computer that includes the hardware, operating system, software, and peripheral equipment needed and used for full operation; or to a group of computers that are linked and function together, such as a computer network or computer cluster. A broad range of industrial and consumer products use computers as control systems.
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That's great! Thank you for taking feedback into account; I genuinely can see myself using your bot in the future, it's good stuff.