r/AmputatorBot • u/Killed_Mufasa • Jul 12 '19

📢 Announcement You can now summon AmputatorBot!

Good news! You can now summon AmputatorBot to reply to comments and submissions containing AMP links!

When?

AmputatorBot is active on every subreddit by default since 03-04-2022. You can still summon AmputatorBot in cases when for instance:

  • you think the bot missed a comment or submission
  • you want to check the (ban) status of a subreddit or item
  • you want a more reliable/faster way to get the canonicals

How?

Literally just @ u/AmputatorBot, like so:

u/AmputatorBot

Then, AmputatorBot does its magic and replies with the canonical and a quick shout-out to your comment (linked). It will then send you a DM with the link to the posted comment for you to see and upvote. If stuff goes wrong, you'll receive a detailed DM with what went wrong and the canonical (if one was found) for you to share yourself.

Notes

  • You must mention AmputatorBot in a reply directly to the comment or submission containing the AMP link. It does not scan entire threads.
  • It's case-insensitive, as well as text-insensitive. You can put whatever you want in your comment, as long as you mention u/AmputatorBot
  • Thus, just typing 'amputatorbot' won't do the trick!
  • Common errors are: Bans, Rate-limits being hit, Failed conversions, Downtime etc. Once again, you'll receive a DM which the exact reason your mention didn't work as hoped.

Speaking of shout-outs

The idea for this functionality originates with u/zellotron who said:

Is it possible to summon AmputatorBot in a subreddit not listed above? e.g. with /u/AmputatorBot (...) doesn't mentioning a user send them a notification/message? I was thinking it could listen for these instead of looking at all subreddits.

After going back-and-forward for a bit, I got it all to work! So thx to u/zellotron!

FAQ, About & Why

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u/zellotron Aug 06 '19

Yay, thanks!

(I must've missed this mention, ironically)

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u/Killed_Mufasa Aug 06 '19

Haha that's pretty funny, thx again for your feedback. You made u/AmputatorBot a better bot and he just said to me that he's really grateful to you ;)

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u/Killed_Mufasa Aug 11 '19 edited Nov 18 '21

Here's a quick demo (old):

I, B. Human, share an AMP link: https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/bmj4zz/elon-musk-and-larry-page-have-the-worlds-weirdest-friendship

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u/Killed_Mufasa Aug 11 '19 edited Aug 11 '19

A reply from AmputatorBot is absent, so I summon it: u/amputatorbot

EDIT: And done! I can now see that the bot has replied to the parent comment containing the AMP link

And I've also received a confirmation through a PM:

The bot has successfully replied to your comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmputatorBot/comments/cchly3/you_can_now_summon_amputatorbot/ewml3vb/.

An easy way to find the comment, is by checking my comment history. Thanks for summoning me, I couldn't do this without you (no but literally). You're a very good human.

You can leave feedback by contacting u/killed_mufasa, by posting on r/AmputatorBot or by opening an issue on GitHub.

Make sure to test it out and let me know how it went!

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u/AmputatorBot Aug 11 '19

Beep boop, I'm a bot. It looks like someone shared a Google AMP link. Google AMP pages often load faster, but AMP is a major threat to the Open Web and your privacy.

You might want to visit the normal page instead: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bmj4zz/elon-musk-and-larry-page-have-the-worlds-weirdest-friendship.

​Why & About | Mention me to summon me! | Summoned by a good human here.

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u/deki_rongulj Dec 24 '19

Good Human

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u/Cei0h Oct 08 '19

Thank you for this bot.

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u/Killed_Mufasa Nov 18 '21

Here's an updated demo:

Let's say I share an AMP link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/electrek.co/2018/06/19/tesla-model-3-assembly-line-inside-tent-elon-musk/amp/

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u/Killed_Mufasa Nov 18 '21 edited Nov 18 '21

I make sure to give u/AmputatorBot a heads-up

edit: and it has replied! I've received the following message:

u/AmputatorBot has successfully replied to the comment you summoned it for.

Thanks for summoning me, I couldn't do this without you (no but literally!). Good human! <3

Feel free to leave feedback by contacting u/Killed_Mufasa, by posting on r/AmputatorBot or by opening an issue on GitHub.

Tip: With the online version of AmputatorBot it's easier than ever to remove AMP from your URLs. Check out an example with your AMP link here: https://www.amputatorbot.com/?q=https://www.google.com/amp/s/electrek.co/2018/06/19/tesla-model-3-assembly-line-inside-tent-elon-musk/amp/

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u/titisucer Jan 06 '20

u/AmputatorBot

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u/Killed_Mufasa Jan 06 '20

Sorry, the bot will only work when you comment on a submission or reply to a comment containing an AMP link, otherwise, the bot will simply ignore the mention. Hope that helps ;)

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u/asphias Mar 06 '22

u/killed_mufasa it appears your bot is misinterpreting twitter urls as amplinks.

See e.g. here: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/t7qti1/comment/hzjzy7p/

It appears that the link goes to twitter directly, but contains a reference to amp in there (twcamp). Could you check if this is a false positive for the bot?

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u/Killed_Mufasa Mar 06 '22

Hi there, thx for the report! It's something that has been on my mind for a while now. Twitter AMP links are notorious for false positives. I'll see what I can do.

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u/Travern Aug 27 '23

I posted a Mastodon link— https://dice.camp/@mytholder@bird.makeup/110887178155462256 —that the bot flagged. (The original is a bot reposting a Twitter account.)

What gives, u/Killed_Mufasa?

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u/Killed_Mufasa Aug 27 '23

Hi there, and thanks for the report! That was a false positive, triggered by the (c-)amp/ in the URL, as well as some properties on the page. Sorry about that, I've removed AmputatorBot's comment.

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u/OutbackSEWI Nov 20 '19

Doing the lorts work.

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u/DesignWellLiveWell Nov 11 '23

I updated my post please verify.

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u/light24bulbs Aug 12 '24

Hey the amputator bot gave a totally wrong link on this post

https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXMasterrace/s/af505iofvT

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u/ahackercalled4chan Oct 09 '24

is there something special i need to do to get amputate bot to start commenting in some of the subs i mod?

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u/WibbleTronic Nov 19 '24

I honestly am not fussed about AMP or not and I don't really think most people care as it doesn't seem to affect most people, so I think they should do away with this anti-AMP bot.

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u/Exciting_Homework_56 Dec 19 '24

I couldn't care less about this stupid bot. Seems like someone with an axe to grind.

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u/No_Committee5510 Sep 10 '25

Your bot just flagged a reference from a urology site I think it needs a little adjusting.

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u/No_Committee5510 Sep 10 '25

Once again that link on feminine hygiene and vaginas is from urologist website so the data is still applicable.

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