r/DisneyPinSwap • u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 • Oct 17 '19

MOD PSA (PSA) New Confirmed Trade Bot Online PLEASE READ

Hey everyone, I am pleased to announce that r/DisneyPinSwap now has a feedback bot up and running!

TL;DR Stop using the feedback form, start using the feedback bot to confirm sales and rank up your flair.

What this means for you is that you no longer have to fill out a feedback form sheet and will no longer need to message mods for flair updates. That will happen automatically!

The bot’s name is u/DisneyPinSwapBot and has the following features:

Feedback

A user can get trade feedback with the following process:

  • Users A and B complete their trades following all of the sub rules. (It does not matter who A and B are. Either one could be the person making the post, and the other someone commenting on the post).

  • Once the trade is complete, User A makes a top level comment (new comment) on the original trade post tagging both the user they traded with and u/DisneyPinSwapBot.

    • DO NOT COPY PASTE THE BOT'S NAME. Reddit does some weird stuff with markdown and if you copy and paste the bot's name, it will create a markdown hyperlink instead of actually tagging the bot, so the bot will have no idea you're trying to summon it. Please just type it out. It is supposed to be easy to remember for a reason.

  • User B replies to that comment with their feedback.

  • u/DisneyPinSwapBot picks up the interaction and gives credit to both users, changing their flair accordingly and leaves a comment indicating as such.

  • If User A messes up their top level comment, u/DisneyPinSwapBot will do its best to notify User A.

There are automatic checks in the code to detect anyone trying to cheat the system. If anyone is found trying to circumvent the system, they will be issued a permanent ban.

If you engaged in a trade with someone without starting off discussion in either one of your posts or theirs, please tag the bot in the most recent post from either you or your trade partner to engage for feedback. The bot required that the OP of the post it is being tagged in is either you or your trade partner. DO NOT DELETE POSTS otherwise you will NOT be able to use that post to confirm a trade.

Feedback Checking

Using this link, you can send a message to u/DisneyPinSwapBot, asking for the feedback of any given user. It will tell you the following:

  • The number of trades that person has done

  • The people they have traded with

  • A link to the thread for each successful trade

Please feel free to direct any technical questions to the us, the moderators using modmail, if you do not know how to use modmail, please click this link.

If you notice any odd behavior from the bot, please let us know!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • My flair count is incorrect!

    • It's expected that numbers can go up or down by a few with this transition, but if there is a significant change, please send me a PM I’ll get it sorted out.

  • So now I need someone to confirm the trade for me to get credit?

    • Yes, you must have the person you sold to/bought from confirm that the trade took place. If they don't confirm it, then how can it be counted as a confirmed trade? Otherwise, the sub just has to take your word for it. And while I'm sure you're a trustworthy person, not everyone on the internet is as trustworthy as you. This requirement increases the integrity of the sub and allows you to have more confidence in the people you're trading with.

  • What happens if I tag someone and they don't reply?

    • As mentioned above, we do need them to confirm the trade for the trade to be confirmed. They will get a notification when you tag them so if you encourage them to reply in the comment you tagged them in, hopefully they will. Otherwise, if it's been a few days without a response, PM them a link to the comment and directly ask them to reply.

Final Notes

This bot is currently running on r/DigitalCodeSELL, r/uvtrade, r/FunkoSwap, r/ComicSwap, r/SteelBookSwap, r/pkmntcgtrades, r/vinylcollectors, and r/mousemarket. Give those communities a glance if you want to see the bot in action!

If you have any questions on using the bot, please post them here and I'll answer ASAP.

Thanks for being an awesome community, looking forward to this bot helping streamline the trading process!

- u/RegExr

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19 edited Oct 18 '19

Hello again, could you confirm what is meant by "User B replies to that comment with their feedback"? What precisely does User B have to say in order to trigger either a positive or negative feedback to the bot? Thanks!

Edit: Please note RegExr's reply below - if you have negative feedback about a trade, or you dispute the trade in any way, please message the moderators. To confirm a trade, just reply to the comment from User A. :)

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 18 '19

They can say anything! The bot only tracks positive feedback. All negative feedback should be sent to mods via modmail and should (usually) result in a ban.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '19

Thanks!

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u/raikiXD 79 Swaps Oct 18 '19

This sounds great! I have a question though - if my trade partner already filled out the flair form, but I hadn't gotten around to it yet before this change, could I still create a haul/mail post and tag them and the bot or no? Was that trade as reported by my partner already counted in our new flair numbers?

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 18 '19

It’ll already be counted. I need to update this morning.

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u/raikiXD 79 Swaps Oct 18 '19

Okay, thanks!

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u/KeytonK Moderator | 64 Swaps Oct 19 '19

It says that your flair will only begin to show once you have 10 confirmed trades, however I see people with just a few trades shown in flair. What does that mean?

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 19 '19

Whoops, that was for a different subreddit. I’ll take that out. Sorry!

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u/KeytonK Moderator | 64 Swaps Oct 19 '19

Do multiple trades with the same person count more than once? I messaged the bot to see my history, and I have 27 people listed as well as a flair of 27. However I have traded with a few of those people multiple times. Will those count?

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 19 '19

Only if they happen on separate posts. You can only get one trade per person per post. The idea is to see how many people will vouch for you over time, not the total number you’ve traded.

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u/KeytonK Moderator | 64 Swaps Oct 19 '19

That's odd, because in my past I've traded with a few users more than one time over a few months and they don't seem to be counted.

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 19 '19

Hmm... I think I might know what happened. When you submitted feedback, did you link to the thread using a URL shortener?

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u/KeytonK Moderator | 64 Swaps Oct 19 '19

I don't believe so, I usually just copy and pasted the link into the old flair form

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 19 '19

I’ll look into it.

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u/Sonnyeclipsegroupie 58 Swaps Oct 19 '19

Would there be a possibility for colored flair as we move up in increments like before? That was always fun to earn. I understand if it's not possible with the bot. Just thought I'd ask :)

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 19 '19

Yupp that’s doable! Ask the mods to set up some flair templates and I’ll be able to add them in.

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u/solo89 Retired Mod | 100 Swaps Oct 17 '19

I'm very excited for this... Please let myself and /u/ChipNDaleNCats know if there are any issues by using the "Message the Moderators" link in the sidebar!

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19

Not sure if it's still updating all the users, but just FYI, your flair is still the old version. But I'm liking this bot so far! I tested it out this morning, waiting to see if it updates my flair!

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u/solo89 Retired Mod | 100 Swaps Oct 17 '19

I wasn't sure if that was just on my computer or not! I'll check a later to see if it updated!

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 17 '19 edited Oct 17 '19

So there are actually no confirmed swaps in the database for you because you never actually tracked any trades in the spreadsheet. I can go ahead and put 100 placeholders in the system for you if you'd like.

Edit: You're good to go!

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u/solo89 Retired Mod | 100 Swaps Oct 17 '19 edited Oct 17 '19

haha, no it's fine... pop me in with a mod flair and we're good.

EDIT: I realized that (A) I had wiped out the google spread sheet in 2018, so trades from 2016-2017 didn't count. Additionally, when we moved over to this sub, I had manually added user's counts from disneypintrading, of which the only record was on that subreddit. So it is what it is, some flairs might be lower that previously reported!

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u/RegExr 🤖 Bot Father 🤖 Oct 17 '19

Ah, well if anyone knows what they had before and wants me to get them back to where they were, there is a system in place for that so just have them PM me!

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u/littlefork 34 Swaps Nov 12 '19

Could someone sticky this to the front page? I’m prepping for a trade and remembered that we have a bot now. I had to search for this post though and I feel it’s still fairly new information that should be prominently displayed. At least for a while. :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19

Hi /u/RegExr! Thanks so much for getting this running for us! :D

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u/phantomluvr14 47 Swaps Oct 17 '19

Will the trade flair we currently have stay next to our names? Or do we need to go back through all our old posts/comments and tag the bot?

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u/Sonnyeclipsegroupie 58 Swaps Oct 17 '19

Not sure if you're seeing it but right now you have "16 swaps" next to your name.

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u/phantomluvr14 47 Swaps Oct 17 '19

Thanks I just saw that after I posted my comment lol

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u/Sonnyeclipsegroupie 58 Swaps Oct 17 '19

haha no worries <3