logbot: @help could respond in a private message? #19

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decentral1se · 2021-05-11T10:17:22+02:00

decentral1se commented

2021-05-11 10:17:22 +02:00

It's nice to see people get help in public so that everyone can see stuff but after a while, it is a bit tedious especially when you sit in so many groups with logbot (its a nice problem to have but still).

So, maybe a configurable (or a new default? idk) that makes logbot respond to you directly with help output.

It's also possible to DM logbot for help too already, but I guess people don't realise. It is not that clear.

It's nice to see people get help in public so that everyone can see stuff but after a while, it is a bit tedious especially when you sit in so many groups with logbot (its a nice problem to have but still). So, maybe a configurable (or a new default? idk) that makes logbot respond to you directly with help output. It's also possible to DM logbot for help too already, but I guess people don't realise. It is not that clear.

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rra commented

2021-05-15 16:49:14 +02:00

Maybe the logbot should always just whisper to the person that initiated the action?

mb commented

2021-05-16 12:03:44 +02:00

Yes good idea to let logbot respond in a private message!

In many XMPP clients it is not super obvious how private messages can be sent in groupchats, so it could be helpful/easier to let logbot initiate such private conversation with you.

We should test it though... because it also can be very confusing to have multiple parallel threads with logbot. (Or would logbots from different rooms speak to you in the same private chat?)

Is this something that we can make configurable in xbotlib? Or would it be better to do it in the logbot script?

Yes good idea to let logbot respond in a private message! In many XMPP clients it is not super obvious how private messages can be sent in groupchats, so it could be helpful/easier to let logbot initiate such private conversation with you. We should test it though... because it also can be very confusing to have multiple parallel threads with logbot. (Or would logbots from different rooms speak to you in the same private chat?) Is this something that we can make configurable in xbotlib? Or would it be better to do it in the logbot script?

decentral1se commented

2021-06-04 10:15:51 +02:00

... so it could be helpful/easier to let logbot initiate such private conversation with you. We should test it though... because it also can be very confusing to have multiple parallel threads with logbot. (Or would logbots from different rooms speak to you in the same private chat?)

Agreed 💯

Is this something that we can make configurable in xbotlib? Or would it be better to do it in the logbot script?

Maybe a respond_privately: True/False in the bot.conf?

> ... so it could be helpful/easier to let logbot initiate such private conversation with you. We should test it though... because it also can be very confusing to have multiple parallel threads with logbot. (Or would logbots from different rooms speak to you in the same private chat?) Agreed 💯 > Is this something that we can make configurable in xbotlib? Or would it be better to do it in the logbot script? Maybe a `respond_privately: True/False` in the [bot.conf](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/decentral1se/xbotlib#using-the-conf-configuration-file)?

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Reference: varia/bots#19