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leftous OP wrote (edited )

My initial idea was to append the archive link to the post body, but I noticed this meant the submitter couldn't edit their post after the fact.

A solution could be requiring users to manually request the archive in the post body (with a command), rather than it being automatically generated.

Alternatively, if the bot just generates archive links for every external site, there would be no bias.

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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote (edited )

Probably the latter is best?

If you're interested, it may also be worthwhile to coordinate with emma so that aside from other raddle addresses (and coinish and maybe others), every address submitted with a new post is automatically archived and added to the original posting as the main link.

Edit: or a checkbox with the option to do it when you make a submission?

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leftous OP wrote

Ok, I will change it up so the bot archives every link except internal, coinish, or youtube links. Let me know if you think of others.

It may also be useful if postmill has separate "bot" role admins can assign that doesn't affect algorithms or appear in /comments. I see the support site emma announced is down, so I will reach out there when it's back up.

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