I’ll reply first on more general grounds. In my opinion, bots…
should only reply to posts/comments when explicitly requested to, through a standard approach.
should be properly tagged as bots, not just their username but also some interface element. And they should never behave in a way that mimics human beings.
should have short, succinct output, that doesn’t force other users to scroll past a lot of junk.
should only have a descriptive output (it gives you info), not prescriptive (it doesn’t tell you what to do).
Now, actually answering your question:
a bot that links manga, anime and LN references to MyAnimeList, MangaUpdates etc. pages, like u/Roboragi does in Reddit.
an unit conversion bot, like @iorale@lemmy.fmhy.ml said, that also works for cooking units. (Specially when Americans say stuff like “half cup of onions”, for me it’s the same as “a random amount of onion”). I volunteer myself to help out gathering units for that.
a simple Wikipedia link bot, that gives you a short excerpt of the Wikipedia link.
should only reply to posts/comments when explicitly requested to
I assume you mean somelike like !remindme 4 days but then one of your examples is “half a cup of onions” and I can’t see your fictional American thinking to trigger the bot - which means someone would have to reply to that person to request a bot conversion.
Similarly, there’s a music IDing bot on reddit that responds to human-language questions like “whats the song” which is 100% ok with me (and the users have always been pleasantly surprised from what I’ve seen).
I can’t see your fictional American thinking to trigger the bot - which means someone would have to reply to that person to request a bot conversion.
I think that they would, given enough community encouragement to do so; things like “OP, please add @!cookunitsbot to your post” go a long way. Roboragi in r/manga for example works well in this way.
Alternatively, if my “I think” above is wrong: then “requested” could also include “explicitly set up by the mods”, not just “triggered by the user”. For me it already solves the main issue, that is bots chasing you across communities to boss you around or vomit trivia.
Similarly, there’s a music IDing bot on reddit that responds to human-language questions like “whats the song” which is 100% ok with me (and the users have always been pleasantly surprised from what I’ve seen).
Frankly I think that having a standard way to request bots is better for everyone (including the bot developers) than having it reply human questions. Even then, as long as it doesn’t do this thing outside of its own “turf” (music communities), it should be fine.
I’ll reply first on more general grounds. In my opinion, bots…
Now, actually answering your question:
I assume you mean somelike like
!remindme 4 daysbut then one of your examples is “half a cup of onions” and I can’t see your fictional American thinking to trigger the bot - which means someone would have to reply to that person to request a bot conversion.Similarly, there’s a music IDing bot on reddit that responds to human-language questions like “whats the song” which is 100% ok with me (and the users have always been pleasantly surprised from what I’ve seen).
Tracking upvotes and good not/bad not replies is helpful feed back to, capturing that seem like a good idea
I think that they would, given enough community encouragement to do so; things like “OP, please add @!cookunitsbot to your post” go a long way. Roboragi in r/manga for example works well in this way.
Alternatively, if my “I think” above is wrong: then “requested” could also include “explicitly set up by the mods”, not just “triggered by the user”. For me it already solves the main issue, that is bots chasing you across communities to boss you around or vomit trivia.
Frankly I think that having a standard way to request bots is better for everyone (including the bot developers) than having it reply human questions. Even then, as long as it doesn’t do this thing outside of its own “turf” (music communities), it should be fine.