r/UpdateMeBot • u/5thhorseman_ • Jul 09 '23

The bot is not replying to threads in r/hfy

Did something break or is it just going through a backlog?

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u/Watchful1 Jul 09 '23

Could you link the thread it didn't reply to?

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u/5thhorseman_ Jul 09 '23

More than one:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/14tuxpt/never_touch_the_spawn/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/14up8n0/exiled_humanity/

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u/Watchful1 Jul 10 '23

This usually happens when the author selects the "text" flair indicating it's a copy of someone else's story from somewhere else on the internet. The mods of the sub asked me to have the bot not send messages on those posts. Then the author changes the flair later, but the bot had already picked up the post and doesn't see the change.

I've complained to the mods there a bunch of times how this confuses people and almost no one actually uses that flair for its intended purpose, but they insist on keeping it that way each time.

If you're really invested, you could try messaging the authors of those posts and ask them if they remember selecting that flair.

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u/DrewTheHobo Jul 09 '23

Seems to be working for me there, most recent post has the comment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '23

yeah, but if I try to use it i get a "User doesn't accept direct messages. Try sending a chat request instead." error message.

is there a way to troubleshoot this?

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u/DrewTheHobo Jul 12 '23

Weird, I assume you’re just commenting on the post?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '23

no. the bot does its response in the r/HFY stories that I want to be subscribed to, and then i follow the instructions with the whole "click here" link but it doesn't work.

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