[TELEGRAM] Yet Another BitcoinTalk Notification BOT (merits, mentions, topics,+) - page 20.

TryNinja

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Quote from: LoyceV on April 15, 2023, 05:20:13 AM

I just tried your bot now, and this complicates my feature request. But it may also be a good reason to publish the full list: if someone is using your bot to get notified when I'm mentioned, I'd want to know about it.

I could add a note saying that there is no way to know if the user is an impersonator and optionally let them send a DM to @TryNinjaBOT so they are marked as "verified".

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LoyceV
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joker_josue (verified)
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Now the question remains: opt-in or no? Grin

I would appreciate a view from anyone contrary to having their username exposed without consent.

joker_josue

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Quote from: TryNinja on April 14, 2023, 02:19:23 PM

1. This should be 100% optional. I could send an one-time message to everyone where they can allow/disallow to be included on this list. Then make the same prompt for every new user or require them to DM TryNinjaBOT.

I think the best option would be to send a message to everyone saying yes or no to being included on the list. For new registrations, you put this message right at the beginning of the settings. If the person says no right away, if they change their mind and want to join the list, then send a DM to the bot to do this (or a command).

If you only do this via DM, I believe that most people will not do this, because many will not even remember or will not want to take the trouble. So if you go ahead with this, it should be as simple as possible.

LoyceV

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Quote from: TryNinja on April 14, 2023, 02:19:23 PM

2. Where do I put the list? Make a ninjastic.space page for it? Add a /users command to the bot?

I was thinking of a post in this topic (with automated updates), so it's also available for users who don't use Telegram. A page on your site works for me too.

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3. Keep in mind that anyone can put the name they want on the bot, so I could create a new telegram and tell the bot I'm @satoshi. Maybe the DM could be useful to filter the impostors out.

I just tried your bot now, and this complicates my feature request. But it may also be a good reason to publish the full list: if someone is using your bot to get notified when I'm mentioned, I'd want to know about it.

holydarkness

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Yes, I'm an asshole

Quote from: TryNinja on April 14, 2023, 02:19:23 PM

1. This should be 100% optional. I could send an one-time message to everyone where they can allow/disallow to be included on this list. Then make the same prompt for every new user or require them to DM TryNinjaBOT.

Can it be made as one of /menu command so --existing-- users can activate/deactivate this option to ads/remove their name from the list suppose they changed their mind one day?

Quote from: TryNinja on April 14, 2023, 02:19:23 PM

2. Where do I put the list? Make a ninjastic.space page for it? Add a /users command to the bot?

I think a /user command will probably be quite messy. I imagine the list will be quite big? It'll be a very long chat bubble every time the command being prompted. Do you have a ballpark data of how many user currently use your notifier?

If it can be set to automatically add or remove a username who activate/deactivate the feature, --so it won't bother you too much to manually update the page-- I think a page on ninjastic will suits better. It will also serve to let people know that you have another useful program aside from the ninjastic. I think there are a lot of people knows about and use ninjastic, but not everyone who use ninjastic know that you also have the notifier. Adding a page on ninjastic about TG bot will serve as a PSA.

nakamura12

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Quote from: dkbit98 on April 14, 2023, 02:31:32 PM

Quote from: TryNinja on April 14, 2023, 02:19:23 PM

1. This should be 100% optional. I could send an one-time message to everyone where they can allow/disallow to be included on this list. Then make the same prompt for every new user or require them to DM TryNinjaBOT.

That is a good idea but I agree it should stay only as optional feature.
What information exactly are you receiving from telegram users? Only their nickname, or additional phone numbers and other information?

I also agree that it should be optional and users can decide to be included in the list or not. A prompt or a notification to users if they want to be included in the list or not would be a good idea since some people prefer being anonymous or doesn't want anyone to stalk their activities. For the list, I think having a new page and command on the bot is better but I don't want to recommend adding both as it will take more work but it's up to TN to decide.

TryNinja

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Quote from: dkbit98 on April 14, 2023, 02:31:32 PM

What information exactly are you receiving from telegram users? Only their nickname, or additional phone numbers and other information?

All I have is their telegram_id (just a big internal number) and everything else they input (forum username, forum uid, if they want to be notified for merits, etc...).

I could get their telegram public display name, but I don't because I don't need it.
I can NOT get their phone number or any other sensitive or private information.

That's all.

dkbit98

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Quote from: TryNinja on April 14, 2023, 02:19:23 PM

1. This should be 100% optional. I could send an one-time message to everyone where they can allow/disallow to be included on this list. Then make the same prompt for every new user or require them to DM TryNinjaBOT.

That is a good idea but I agree it should stay only as optional feature.
What information exactly are you receiving from telegram users? Only their nickname, or additional phone numbers and other information?

Quote from: TryNinja on April 14, 2023, 02:19:23 PM

2. Where do I put the list? Make a ninjastic.space page for it? Add a /users command to the bot?

I think new user command on telegram sounds better to me.

TryNinja

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Quote from: LoyceV on April 14, 2023, 04:48:34 AM

Feature request: can you publish who's using your bot for being mentioned? Maybe this should be optional for privacy reasons.
It comes in handy sometimes to know who can be reached by mentioning their name.

Good idea, but still needs some thinking.

1. This should be 100% optional. I could send an one-time message to everyone where they can allow/disallow to be included on this list. Then make the same prompt for every new user or require them to DM TryNinjaBOT.

2. Where do I put the list? Make a ninjastic.space page for it? Add a /users command to the bot?

3. Keep in mind that anyone can put the name they want on the bot, so I could create a new telegram and tell the bot I'm @satoshi. Maybe the DM could be useful to filter the impostors out.

holydarkness

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Activity: 2632

Merit: 1462

Yes, I'm an asshole

Quote from: LoyceV on April 14, 2023, 04:48:34 AM

Feature request: can you publish who's using your bot for being mentioned? Maybe this should be optional for privacy reasons.
It comes in handy sometimes to know who can be reached by mentioning their name.

That'll be useful. It'll be nice to know if certain user only need to be mentioned on a post or I should send them a PM to let them know about a topic.

An alternative to get this "feature" without breaching privacy is perhaps allowing those who use the bot --and wouldn't mind people know they got notified-- to PM OP or post here and OP compiled a list on the opening post consisting of these usernames.

LoyceV

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Feature request: can you publish who's using your bot for being mentioned? Maybe this should be optional for privacy reasons.
It comes in handy sometimes to know who can be reached by mentioning their name.

Crypto Library

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Quote from: TryNinja on March 31, 2023, 09:26:42 PM

Goddamit, did I really fk this up? Telegram's HTML parser didn't work for some reason. Cry

It was supposed to look like this:

Next year's, maybe... Grin

Don't worry dude it's worked on me, Generally, my daily routine is to check your bot's notifications as soon as I wake up. Today was no exception, and when I saw the notification with sleepy eyes, Merit didn't have much effect on me, but I believed it for a moment that Satoshi came back and jumped and sat on the bed. And then when I clicked on the link with my sleepy eyes, I realized that today is April Fool's day.
Anyway, in my case, you succeeded in making me an April Fool, And Happy April Fool to all.

Synchronice

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Quote from: TryNinja on March 31, 2023, 09:26:42 PM

Next year's, maybe... Grin

edit: It was @Synchronice's idea, so all credits to him. Thanks! Grin

Yesterday in the bed before sleep I was thinking: I bet TryNinja will put Never Gonna Give You Up song on merit source thread URL and Voilà, here we go Cheesy

Today, when I checked my smartphone, I received message that starts like this: (Merits: 1000). I was like, what? What is this? Then NGGYU came up and I was like, whaaaat? This couldn't be supposed to run like this Cheesy

But nevermind, thank you for this, we can fix this and/or even do something funnier next year, we have a lot of time, my pm was too little, too late.

joker_josue

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Quote from: TryNinja on March 31, 2023, 09:26:42 PM

Goddamit, did I really fk this up? Telegram's HTML parser didn't work for some reason. Cry

It was supposed to look like this:

Next year's, maybe... Grin

edit: It was @Synchronice's idea, so all credits to him. Thanks! Grin

Thanks for the intention, it was very funny.

Sometimes, it's the most basic details that hurt us. But, the joke was funny. Wink

Xal0lex

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Quote from: pawanjain on April 01, 2023, 12:38:48 AM

May be the HTML parser behaves differently in Telegram for iphone and Android.

The HTML parser does not only behave this way in Telegram on Iphone or Android. This parser behaves exactly the same way in Telegram on a desktop computer and on a laptop. In other words, everywhere. This message appears the same on any version of Telegram. I don't know about anyone else, but it's the same for me on any device.

un_rank

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Quote from: TryNinja on March 31, 2023, 09:26:42 PM

Goddamit, did I really fk this up?

Can we say that you were Rickrolled?

Good attempt at humor to celebrate the April fools day, was meant to be a double hit with the merits and also satoshi returning to the forum. You got 365 days to perfect next year's evil plan

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P.S; I got 8 points before this post so I qualify as a high-quality poster Grin

- Jay -

cygan

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Quote from: fillippone on April 01, 2023, 12:20:58 AM

Wow just wow!

I just received 1000 merits from Satoshi! But I cannot find the original post @TryNinja!
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nahh, you have actually 'only' received 50 merits Grin

btw i saw the message this morning on my telegram bot also and had to check the whole thing 2 times before i realized that it could only be an april fools joke
kudos @Synchronice

ifarted

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Quote from: TryNinja on March 31, 2023, 09:26:42 PM

Quote from: Cantsay on March 31, 2023, 09:20:46 PM

Nice try @TryNinja but I don't think I'll be falling for anyone's April fool today.

The description gave it away. Grin

Goddamit, did I really fk this up? Telegram's HTML parser didn't work for some reason. Cry

It was supposed to look like this:

Next year's, maybe... Grin

edit: It was @Synchronice's idea, so all credits to him. Thanks! Grin

I think you didn't fvck this up and I think it's because of the Telegram app. If it worked then I would have fallen from the trick about receiving merit from Satoshi himself but you still got some people though and for me it's a success.

holydarkness

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Quote from: shahzadafzal on March 31, 2023, 09:46:28 PM

Quote from: TryNinja on March 31, 2023, 09:26:42 PM

Goddamit, did I really fk this up? Telegram's HTML parser didn't work for some reason. Cry

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Hahaha still you got me there!

I had to go back and check my merit history, then I searched through my posts. And I didn't stop there - I even looked up Satoshi's last active date and his merit history.

So, overall, you won this one.

I'd rate it even higher than theymos's April prank, because that one was predictable, but this was a complete surprise.

And you got me too. I slept last night expecting some weird things pulled by the forum for this annual event, skimmed through my personal phone and this device upon waking up, saw the 50 merits by satoshi for a youtube video, and my still-sleepy brain can't process it; I poured my morning coffee while mulling over why did satoshi merited me for a YT video, which somehow not reflected on my real count.

I visited meta, where your thread was just couple line below theymos' april fools prank to see what he pulled this year, move on and read couple of replies to my posts, and only after that it dawned to me out of the blue what actually happened.

Good one, I chuckled when the realization hit me as I rushed back to meta to check this thread

pawanjain

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Quote from: TryNinja on March 31, 2023, 09:26:42 PM

Quote from: Cantsay on March 31, 2023, 09:20:46 PM

Nice try @TryNinja but I don't think I'll be falling for anyone's April fool today.

The description gave it away. Grin

Goddamit, did I really fk this up? Telegram's HTML parser didn't work for some reason. Cry

It was supposed to look like this:

Next year's, maybe... Grin

edit: It was @Synchronice's idea, so all credits to him. Thanks! Grin

Yeah you did. But it was really a good try. Did you test it in the telegram app though ?
May be the HTML parser behaves differently in Telegram for iphone and Android.
Bitcointalk SuperNotifier is my all time favorite bot to be honest. Thanks for providing this service for free.

fillippone

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Wow just wow!

I just received 1000 merits from Satoshi! But I cannot find the original post @TryNinja!
I need to know where I shall look, as I am not able to find the post on the forum!

Please help!

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