Is there a reminder bot on Lemmy?

Is there a bot for creating reminders on Lemmy? Say for example I see a comment that I would like to be reminded of in 3 months, I could reply to the comment with "remindme 3 months" or "remindme February 2, 2025" and on Feb 2, I get a direct message in my inbox reminding of the comment with a link.

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The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Yes, I've used this one before:

@remindme@mstdn.social

BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place · 6 pts · 1y

thank you!

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (5 replies)

What is the syntax for summoning it?

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y (4 replies)

It's in it's user profile.

https://mstdn.social/@remindme

Example:

@remindme 1 day

Edit: "@remindme 1 hour”

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Cool, lemmy try: @remindme@mstdn.social 1 hour

remindme@mstdn.social · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

@threelonmusketeers Here is your reminder!

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Good bot!

remindme@mstdn.social · 3 pts · 1y

@threelonmusketeers Ok, I will remind you on Saturday Nov 2, 2024 at 11:19 AM PDT.

Grimy@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I always found those bots so obnoxious. You probably have access to 4 different calendars through your apps and devices, we don't need to be a part of it.

Death_Equity@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Not everybody's brain works like yours and some may find it helpful to be able to do reminders within lemmy.

Grimy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

It would be a great idea if added to an app, I just don't think it belongs in the comment section. It will needlessly bloat the comments for a seriously small minority and be detrimental to the experience.

And lets be honest, its mostly laziness or not knowing how easy it is to use a calendar. The amount of users that can use lemmy but cannot share or copy/paste into a calendar because their brain works different is clearly very low and probably non-existant.

Ask it from the app devs, I'm sure one of them will see the use in it. No need to force it on us.

subignition@fedia.io · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Habits can be built and rebuilt. I've known a disappointing amount of people who refuse to use a calendar for reminders out of pride and end up being all over the place in the end.

iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

Uh, I use a calendar for reminders and frankly that's precisely why I don't want to use one for Lemmy reminders. It's clogged enough already with stuff that's actually important.

lurch@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

let's say you're on an android phone. you click share, if possible with the url of your home instance, pick calendar, choose a date and save. that seems much better than controlling a bot.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · -1 pts · 1y

yuck. smartphone.

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)
remindme@mstdn.social · 3 pts · 1y

@BuboScandiacus Ok, I will remind you on Sunday Nov 3, 2024 at 2:34 PM PST.

remindme@mstdn.social · 2 pts · 1y

@BuboScandiacus Here is your reminder!

Mac@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

There is (maybe even more than one) but it does not work on every instance.

https://lemmy.ca/post/1143350

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 1 pts · 1y

@remind me in 5 minutes

vk6flab@lemmy.radio · -5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not sure how I feel about such a bot. I can see potential security issues arising in relation to stored relationships between users and posts.

Chozo@fedia.io · 23 pts · 1y

I've got some bad news for you about ActivityPub then.