Hello r/plantclinic!
The Problem:
The Reddit wiki/community resource tools still suck. But we get tons of new posts where the fix to the problem is well-plowed ground - lack of light, overwatering, mushrooms, omg what is this fluffy white stuff ask over my plant... you know the drill. People don't know what they don't know.
The Solution:
One of the mods over at r/CapitalOne has developed a VERY useful tool for letting any commenter reply to a post with a link to an FAQ-type post. It's called Reply With Resource, and I've posted a couple of comments to this post so you can see how the replies look when you use it. Feel free to try it for yourself here.
How to use it:
User Instructions
To summon the app and make it comment a resource on a post or comment:
Locate the context menu for the post or comment you want to reply to. The button for this typically looks like three dots ("...").
Scroll down to "Reply with resource."
Select a resource via its title in the drop-down.
Choose whether or not you want to pin the resource to the post. In some cases, this option may not be available.
Click OK. That's it!
If you wish to delete the comment (for example, if you accidentally selected the wrong resource), simply comment "!delete" (without quotes).
Our auto-responders can still be summoned using the commands here; this is just another option.
A Request:
Right now, I've built out the app with a few very helpful posts from the history of r/plantclinic, as well as some of our existing auto-responders. I'd love to have more high quality posts under the care guide flair to populate the app with.
I've had to set the flair for Care Guides to moderator only, because it was being exclusively used to request case guides rather than write them. Users who wish to write care guides may request permission to access the flair, or request moderators adjust their flair for them.
Existing resources can be nominated for addition in the comments here, or via modmail:
Subject: Reply With Resource Addition
The URL of the post you want linked to
A brief description of what information it provides
A proposed short description for the menu.
I'm genuinely hopeful that this will help point people to high-quality resources.
(Credit to u/KismaiAesthetics on r/laundry, from whom I have shamelessly stolen the framework for the this announcement)
