Joey_Adams
February 5, 2018, 2:30pm
2457
Tk I think that would save a ton of time and confusion and work on a lot of people. If anyone can figure out a way to overcome all the issues left to work it is you. Thanks for your efforts.
MascaratumB
February 5, 2018, 2:38pm
2458
ToyKeeper:
I’m tempted to write an interest-tracking bot which would monitor the thread, look for specific types of messages, and maintain an interest list automatically. It’d require people to phrase their requests in very specific ways though… like “TKbot, sign me up for 2” or “Minion, cancel #456 ”.
Hum, I guess it would be a nice idea. Maybe the only problem is the different ways people say they want to be interest list:
- I’m in for N / I’m in
- I want N
- Please put me in the list / Please add me to the list /
- Sign me up for N
- Put me down for N
- I’d be interested in N / I am interested in N
- Count me in for N
These are only some ways people say they want the FW3A. Also, despite the “bot”, wouldn’t it be necessary to re-check everything again to fill the gaps?
Thought I was on the list, didn’t see my name…
Interested in 1-2 depending on final details and release timetable.
(sorry my interest didn’t follow any of the others as noted above)
MascaratumB
February 5, 2018, 7:14pm
2460
southcovekayak:
Thought I was on the list, didn’t see my name…
Interested in 1-2 depending on final details and release timetable.
(sorry my interest didn’t follow any of the others as noted above)
I guess this is your first post on the thread pepinfaxera will add you name later here .
THE LISTS ARE ON THESE POSTS :FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public #764 and corrections): FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public - #2127 by pepinfaxera
southcovekayak: You are number 1025 on this post,
Updated list : …
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Primary Interest List, (main): See Post # 4, Page 1 .
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Do you want a 2nd?
skinny_tie
February 6, 2018, 4:33am
2462
MascaratumB:
ToyKeeper:
I’m tempted to write an interest-tracking bot which would monitor the thread, look for specific types of messages, and maintain an interest list automatically. It’d require people to phrase their requests in very specific ways though… like “TKbot, sign me up for 2” or “Minion, cancel #456 ”.
Hum, I guess it would be a nice idea. Maybe the only problem is the different ways people say they want to be interest list: or
- I’m in for N / I’m in
- I want N
- Please put me in the list / Please add me to the list /
- Sign me up for N
- Put me down for N
- I’d be interested in N / I am interested in N
- Count me in for N
These are only some ways people say they want the FW3A. Also, despite the “bot”, wouldn’t it be necessary to re-check everything again to fill the gaps?
I think it would be reasonable for the project team to say that requests to be added to the list have to be in a certain format, and to only intervene if the bot doesn’t function properly.
If anyone has trouble with the bot commands I’m sure other members will help them out.
Garth
February 6, 2018, 6:25pm
2463
I see the BLF A6 is being sold off really cheap now, under $18. When compared to the quoted original price it seems like its being dumped. As a marketing ploy it works. Every time the price goes down I order yet another one. I am wondering if this will be the ultimate fate for the FW3A, can it be bought cheaper when it nears the end of it`s run.
I don’t expect the FW3A to go for the same price as the BLF-A6 because it’s more expensive to produce. It has more components and requires higher precision in its parts. It could potentially hit prices below the original group buy price at some point, but I wouldn’t expect that any time soon.
That’s a normal price curve thing though, especially for group buy-type stuff. It starts low and ends low, with a higher price for most of its life in-between.
will34
February 6, 2018, 11:18pm
2465
Pulsar:
Op went AWOL
Is he OK? I certainly hope so.
Pulsar
February 6, 2018, 11:26pm
2466
Last I knew, about a week or so ago someone posted he was posting to facebook and looks to be doing good
Jiffy
February 6, 2018, 11:38pm
2467
We should copy the German forum where they have a thread for interest and a thread for discussion. Much much better imho.
pepinfaxera
February 7, 2018, 1:01am
2468
FW3A TLF thread for discussion.
Hallo,
nachdem viele von euch schon seit langem auf ein Update zu Fritz‘ 3000 Lumen EDC warten, freut es mich umso mehr, euch nun die Ergebnisse unserer bisherigen Arbeit vorstellen zu dürfen. Obgleich es in eine andere Richtung geht, als die...
pepinfaxera
February 7, 2018, 12:27am
2469
MascaratumB:
Hum, I guess it would be a nice idea. Maybe the only problem is the different ways people say they want to be interest list: or
- I’m in for N / I’m in
- I want N
- Please put me in the list / Please add me to the list /
- Sign me up for N
- Put me down for N
- I’d be interested in N / I am interested in N
- Count me in for N
These are only some ways people say they want the FW3A. Also, despite the “bot”, wouldn’t it be necessary to re-check everything again to fill the gaps?
It is a brilliant idea, though
Many would be left out
Many non-English language
Google translator and other translators
This is not exact what I wrote
OohNai
February 7, 2018, 12:24am
2470
Put me down for 1 please.
pepinfaxera
February 7, 2018, 12:50am
2471
OohNai: You are number1026 on this post,
Updated list : …
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Primary Interest List, (main): See Post # 4, Page 1 .
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I’ve been meaning to do that, actually. A thread for discussion, a thread for announcements, and some sort of automated way to sign up. Perhaps also something for FAQs and support. The idea is to take it a bit farther though, adding features which aren’t available on BLF, augmented by another site. Hopefully it can use OpenID or similar, to auth users directly from BLF.
For now, I’ll stick to only the easiest bits and the most pressing needs… like not having people burn out on interest-tracking duty. And, if it’s relevant, I could add more later.
That is, assuming I have time. Not sure that’ll be the case.
bmengineer
February 7, 2018, 12:33pm
2473
I’m interested in one of these.
ToyKeeper:
I have the beginning of an interest-list bot. It’s a long way from being usable, but at least it does a few things so far:
Parses posts
Looks for and acts on things like “I’m in for N”, plus explicit commands like “TKbot, command arg1 arg2 …”
Maintains a database of pledges and cancellations for each user for each product
Remembers multiple projects which can have multiple products
Remembers which posts it has seen before, and ignores those
Detects new users in project threads and schedules a task to welcome them to BLF
However, it does not yet:
Run automatically
Download new posts
Post updates
Actually interact with BLF directly, at all
Detect which project a thread is about
Detect which product a request is about, if a project has more than one product
Import old interest lists
Generate updated interest lists
Ignore quoted text (so quoting a request for a product is parsed the same as actually requesting a product)
Have a web interface
Handle polls or voting (sometimes the “pick one” approach isn’t sufficient, so it might do Approval and Condorcet-style polls)
So it’s a super early proof of concept and there’s much left to do. Anyway, it’ll probably turn out something like this…
Minion, sign me up for three lights.
Sure thing! Three lights coming right up!
This looks cool. Put me down for one.
Hello, Mister Hat. Welcome to BLF!
You are on the list for one.
… except probably less chipper and less chatty, since talkative bots tend to end up like this:
TKbot, your time is coming.
Sorry, Lady Fate. I don’t understand.
You will.
I am constantly amazed by your skills. You would be the greatest neighbor ever!
pepinfaxera
February 8, 2018, 2:21am
2475
bmengineer , You are number 1027 on this post,
Updated list : …
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Primary Interest List, (main): See Post # 4, Page 1 .
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hank
February 8, 2018, 2:30am
2476
That would be helpful, or some option to set it to “top of the regulated range”
That would be very helpful.
