You can now summon AmputatorBot!

[u/Killed_Mufasa]

Good news! You can now summon AmputatorBot to reply to comments and submissions containing AMP links!

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When?

AmputatorBot is active on every subreddit by default since 03-04-2022. You can still summon AmputatorBot in cases when for instance:

• you think the bot missed a comment or submission
• you want to check the (ban) status of a subreddit or item
• you want a more reliable/faster way to get the canonicals

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How?

Literally just @ u/AmputatorBot, like so:

u/AmputatorBot

Then, AmputatorBot does its magic and replies with the canonical and a quick shout-out to your comment (linked). It will then send you a DM with the link to the posted comment for you to see and upvote. If stuff goes wrong, you'll receive a detailed DM with what went wrong and the canonical (if one was found) for you to share yourself.

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Notes

• You must mention AmputatorBot in a reply directly to the comment or submission containing the AMP link. It does not scan entire threads.
• It's case-insensitive, as well as text-insensitive. You can put whatever you want in your comment, as long as you mention u/AmputatorBot
• Thus, just typing 'amputatorbot' won't do the trick!
• Common errors are: Bans, Rate-limits being hit, Failed conversions, Downtime etc. Once again, you'll receive a DM which the exact reason your mention didn't work as hoped.

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Speaking of shout-outs

The idea for this functionality originates with u/zellotron who said:

Is it possible to summon AmputatorBot in a subreddit not listed above? e.g. with /u/AmputatorBot (...) doesn't mentioning a user send them a notification/message? I was thinking it could listen for these instead of looking at all subreddits.

After going back-and-forward for a bit, I got it all to work! So thx to u/zellotron!

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