Writing Robot Plays NodeJS, Reddit
summary
Built a Reddit bot in Node.js that long‑polls comments.json, respects the API 30 calls per minute limit, and posts corrective replies; initial skitbot records posted comment IDs in Postgres and triggers child bots. Scales into a botkit YAML-driven framework that runs multiple accounts (parents scan stream, children reply to parent comments). Also built AuthorBots: Markov‑chain text generators (lexed corpora, Cassandra storage) that reply every 5–10 minutes; it works unpredictably — some witty engagement, much annoyance, and lots of unexpected community artifacts.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 5:54bot skit
- 13:56implementation
- 14:07interface
- 21:02make things
- 21:41change relations
- 22:11be unexpected.
