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Maybe you can convince people that run US sports communities on general instances to move to your instance? 😁
I’m sure trying! Content is king though so that’s what we’re focusing on with the game bots.
Maybe you can convince people that run US sports communities on general instances to move to your instance? 😁
I’m sure trying! Content is king though so that’s what we’re focusing on with the game bots.
Hi, I’m an admin at fanaticus.social. Sorry for the inconvenience! Game bots are an important way for us sports fans to interact with one another during games but I understand how annoying they can be if you don’t care about the sport.
!tampabayrays@fanaticus.social !orioles@fanaticus.social !nyyankees@fanaticus.social !torontobluejays@fanaticus.social !redsox@fanaticus.social !minnesotatwins@fanaticus.social !clevelandguardians@fanaticus.social !whitesox@fanaticus.social !motorcitykitties@fanaticus.social !kcroyals@fanaticus.social !texasrangers@fanaticus.social !astros@fanaticus.social !angelsbaseball@fanaticus.social !mariners@fanaticus.social !oaklandathletics@fanaticus.social !braves@fanaticus.social !miamimarlins@fanaticus.social !phillies@fanaticus.social !newyorkmets@fanaticus.social !nationals@fanaticus.social !buccos@fanaticus.social !brewers@fanaticus.social !reds@fanaticus.social !chicubs@fanaticus.social !cardinals@fanaticus.social !azdiamondbacks@fanaticus.social !sfgiants@fanaticus.social !dodgers@fanaticus.social !padres@fanaticus.social !coloradorockies@fanaticus.social
from plemmy import LemmyHttp
# must include protocol e.g. https://lemmy.world
pl = LemmyHttp("INSTANCE_NAME_HERE")
username = "USERNAME_HERE"
password = "PASSWORD_HERE"
pl.login(username, password)
fanaticus_communities = [
"tampabayrays@fanaticus.social",
"orioles@fanaticus.social",
"nyyankees@fanaticus.social",
"torontobluejays@fanaticus.social",
"redsox@fanaticus.social",
"minnesotatwins@fanaticus.social",
"clevelandguardians@fanaticus.social",
"whitesox@fanaticus.social",
"motorcitykitties@fanaticus.social",
"kcroyals@fanaticus.social",
"texasrangers@fanaticus.social",
"astros@fanaticus.social",
"angelsbaseball@fanaticus.social",
"mariners@fanaticus.social",
"oaklandathletics@fanaticus.social",
"braves@fanaticus.social",
"miamimarlins@fanaticus.social",
"phillies@fanaticus.social",
"newyorkmets@fanaticus.social",
"nationals@fanaticus.social",
"buccos@fanaticus.social",
"brewers@fanaticus.social",
"reds@fanaticus.social",
"chicubs@fanaticus.social",
"cardinals@fanaticus.social",
"azdiamondbacks@fanaticus.social",
"sfgiants@fanaticus.social",
"dodgers@fanaticus.social",
"padres@fanaticus.social",
"coloradorockies@fanaticus.social",
]
for comm in fanaticus_communities:
print("Getting community: ", comm)
commRes = pl.get_community(name=comm).json()
if commRes and commRes['community_view']:
commId = commRes['community_view']['community']['id']
print("Blocking community: ", comm, " communityId: ", commId)
pl.block_community(True, commId)
print("Successfully blocked community: ", comm)
else:
print("Failed to find community: ", comm)
In the future, we are planning on adding the game bots for the other major sports as well (they’re not in season now) but hopefully that will be a nice jumping off point for you.
Shameless plug for !baseball@fanaticus.social (check out our sidebar for the team-specific communities). We’ve got the game bots ported over and are working on improving them and adding new features.
I agree with !matt@lemmy.world though, the Venn diagram of sports fans and tech-savvy lemmy pioneers is pretty small. You can help by posting and commenting to attract more users. More content == more users (eventually).
Who’s your team? Check out the sidebar on !baseball@fanaticus.social Fanaticus is a sports-only instance which helps keep us insulated from any defederation drama. We’ve got all the communities set up just waiting for our fellow fans to join us! We also have game bots and are actively developing new features.
If you’re interesting in modding your team’s community, just post in there asking. The community may seem bare right now but why a little TLC you can make it a home for your favorite team.
Join us for all your sports talk over at https://fanaticus.social! We’ve got communities for all the major sports and their teams.
I also spent the past week forking the popular game day bot, redball, in order to bring game bots to lemmy! There are still a couple of kinks I’m working out but I’ve begun rolling them out to the teams’ communities, starting with the baseball communities.
Check out:
And all the teams-specific communities!
Check out our baseball community’s sidebar for your favorite team. Try searching !baseball@fanaticus.social (and give it a minute if someone on your instance hasn’t already found us).
Fanaticus is a sports-only instance. We’ve ported over a game bot and have created communities for all the major sports teams. If you’re interested in moderating one of the communities, just ask!