10-11-2025, 02:04 PM
Deletes break the bot. They were disabled due to this. Ironically, (and closely related to my argument that deletes are almost always a bad idea), Greek deleted the portion of the Discord where this bug was first noted and solved, so I cannot link you to the specific documentation around how this manifested, but my layman's description is that the bot says "OK I have already handled posts 1, 2, 3, I need to post 4". If post 3 is deleted, when post 4 is made, the bot can no longer see it and misses it.
Greek noted that reenabling the delete button and fixing this would require a refactor of the code for how the bot scrapes. "Refactor" is a word that should generally terrify everyone - both because it means Greek is spending time rewriting something that already works for 90% of cases, and also because anytime a dev touches something they already have working, there is a non-zero chance they break something new.
Please do not hound mods to delete posts for you - even mods should not be doing deletes, because the bug still occurs, no matter who deleted. The old forum didn't allow deletes either.
Greek misspoke. This was not a community decision, it was a technical decision. In order for the bot to work today, we need the delete button off. It cannot be restored at this point (and likely will not be restored ever).
Greek noted that reenabling the delete button and fixing this would require a refactor of the code for how the bot scrapes. "Refactor" is a word that should generally terrify everyone - both because it means Greek is spending time rewriting something that already works for 90% of cases, and also because anytime a dev touches something they already have working, there is a non-zero chance they break something new.
Please do not hound mods to delete posts for you - even mods should not be doing deletes, because the bug still occurs, no matter who deleted. The old forum didn't allow deletes either.
Greek misspoke. This was not a community decision, it was a technical decision. In order for the bot to work today, we need the delete button off. It cannot be restored at this point (and likely will not be restored ever).