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?

  • donio@feddit.de
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    1 year 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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      1 year ago

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

    • myfavouritename@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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.