I think the title says it all. Basically, when a new comment appears on your targeted post, it sends you a PM about it.

@PostWatchBot@lemy.lol

Usage

  • Subscribe to a post: just mention the bot in the comments or send the link to the bot via PM.
  • Unsubscribe from a post: send PM to the bot with stop text and link of the post like stop https://lemmy.ml/post/1234
  • Unsubscribe completely: Send PM to the bot and add stop text to your message. It will unsubscribe you from all subscriptions.

Note: the bot sends only one notification per post. It waits for the previous notification to be marked as read for new comments.

Made with @CannotSleep420@hexbear.net’s lemmy-bot project 🙏 Tomorrow I will publish the code publicly after adding README and self-hosting guide.

  • iso@lemy.lolOPEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    This feature must be implemented by built-in in the first place. But your idea makes sense too. I’ll try to discuss this with UI devs.

    • Cynber@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I might be able to set something up with the InstanceAssistant browser extension. It would be nice to have it in the main UI, but this could help temporarily.

      I’ll send a PM :)

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I’d second the worry about the bot comments and bot-summoning comments becoming noise, I remember all the “remind me” comments on reddit clogging up comment feeds!

      • iso@lemy.lolOPEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I’m moving bot messages to PMs right now. So there will be no bot message.

        • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          That’s good, though I’d imagine people would still rather not read 100 bot-summoning comments on a popular thread. Any way to activate the bot via PM too? Or maybe by sharing somehow?

          • iso@lemy.lolOPEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I don’t think those would work TBH. Activation can be done by PM, but I don’t think anyone would want to do that.