Any other options for deals on Lemmy? I’m done with Reddit

  • Poutinetown@lemmy.caM
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    1 year ago

    I’ve created a bot that reposts bapcsalescanada from the subreddit’s RSS feed. It is posted at an interval of 5mins. I am currently testing it on a test community to see if it works as intended; once it works well i will open source the code, then I can move it to post on this community if @RandomDude agrees.

    I was previously tempted to make one, but was discouraged by this comment.

      • Poutinetown@lemmy.caM
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        1 year ago

        I sent a DM to him but he hasn’t gotten back to me. Others have suggested me to directly use it here if he doesn’t oppose within a week.

    • as_is_tradition@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      RandomDude’s last comment was from a month ago, so you might not get a response if you wait for their approval. You could give it a week or so to see if there’s a response and activate the bot if you don’t get one. The community is dead anyway if nothing changes, so there’s nothing to lose by trying.

    • cmeow@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Thank you, I think it’s a valuable tool for this sub while it’s still in its infancy compared to the contributor and subscriber count of r/bapcsalescanada.

  • BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    People like to shit on bots. But for a sub like this I think it makes a lot of sense to import posts from Reddit over to here.

  • James@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Something can’t be dead if it never lived.

    Just like a ton of other niche communities, it’s going to take a long time to grow to something like it was on Reddit.

  • GameGod@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    In addition to the ongoing bot suggestion, a simple way to contribute is to post the deals you find here instead of the other site. I still check the other site every once and a while, but any good deals I find myself (that aren’t on the other site yet) will be posted here and only here.