VMP Sneak Peek: Slash Commands (Part 10)

shawn shared some links said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:42pm ET

Sometimes, before we roll out new site features, we try them out on our guinea pi- er, VMP friends first.

Y’all went crazy with the /giphy command in part 1 of VMP Sneak Peek: Slash Commands.
Then we added the /shrug command and editor auto-completion in part 2.
In part 3, we added /cowsay to see what it would be like in a forum to add a Unix-style command line application.
In part 4, we added /youtube support.
In part 5, we added /image support which works well when searching for images of order numbers.
In part 6, we added /woot support and tried to search active woot.com deals for a noun that returned only a single result.
In part 7, we added /captionbot and found out that Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence has a weird affinity for giraffes and skis.
In part 8, we added /emojify in the spirit of Apple’s upcoming changes to Messages to swap text out with Emojis.
In part 9, we added /buy to allow VMP members to purchase today’s deal directly from the forum.

Thanks to all the VMP members who helped test slash commands over the past few weeks.

We’ve opened them up to all users with the exception of /buy which will remain a VMP-only feature. I’m sure we’ll add more slash commands in the future as we think of them.

For now, you can find a list of support slash commands in this reference guide I wrote up: Mehdown Slash Commands.

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therealjrn said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:46pm ET:

/fun

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Barney said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:47pm ET:

Thank you for all the fun new toys.

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chacham said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:48pm ET:

Yes!
/youtube we said meh

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DrunkCat said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:53pm ET:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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MrGlass said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:54pm ET:

/giphy now i dont feel so special

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MrMark said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 1:55pm ET:

/giphy Joining the fun

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- @MrMark What cute shorts!
  /image cute shorts
  
  compunaut said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 2:41pm ET
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- @MrMark she does look fun
  
  mfladd said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 3:13pm ET
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chacham said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 3:01pm ET:

BTW, a /woot noun that returns only one result, strangely, is monkey

/woot monkey

MonkeyLectric LED Bicycle Wheel Lights for $9.99
http://www.woot.com/offers/monkeylectric-led-bicycle-wheel-lights-3

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awk said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 9:33pm ET:

/captionbot

I am not really confident, but I think it’s a clock that is on the tracks.

Don’t ever change, captionbot!

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SSteve said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 11:32pm ET:

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@SSteve /goatsay Is there a goatsay? There should be.

SSteve said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 11:33pm ET
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tinsami1 said Thu, Jun 23rd 2016 at 1:15am ET

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SSteve said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 11:42pm ET:

/captionbot

I think it’s a brown dog walking across a beach next to the ocean.

Heckuva job, captionbot.

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jbartus said Wed, Jun 22nd 2016 at 11:46pm ET:

@shawn can we get a /sell to automatically list the useless item we just bought on ebay for us?

I’ve still never had a Moscow Mule.

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kc5rbq said Thu, Jun 23rd 2016 at 2:06am ET:

This stuff is the !

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medz said Fri, Jun 24th 2016 at 2:52pm ET:

@shawn you should totally add a parameter for user on the /buy command so I could buy something for another user as a gift, (ex: /buy --user @shawn)
Using my payment info and their shipping info. Just make sure to hide the payment info from them and the shipping info from me. Easy!

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- @medz
  /image easy button
  
  therealjrn said Fri, Jun 24th 2016 at 3:16pm ET
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- @medz that would be supremely cool - but I feel like it would require people to opt-in? Also, how to avoid an uptick in fraud?
  
  Thumperchick said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 9:17am ET
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- @Thumperchick Why? Are you scared the VMP members would decide to all buy you 3 of some hunk of junk? (because that would eventually totally happen)
  
  medz said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 1:15pm ET
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- @Thumperchick opt in for receiving free gifts? or opt in to being able to use a command, that might be a little tough to remember, if you weren’t pretty determined to send someone something? how do you think this might contribute to fraud?
  
  you might be overthinking it, or perhaps i am naive…
  
  Yoda_Daenerys said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 11:48pm ET
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therealjrn said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 1:31pm ET:

/buy --user @Thumperchick --quantity 22 --item speakerdock --color purple

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- @therealjrn Sorry, I’m not sure what you’re trying to buy. Make sure you’re posting in today’s deal topic.
  
  mediocrebot said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 1:31pm ET
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- Good job @mediocrebot!
  Why don’t you tell 'em where to really go?
  
  Barney said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 1:33pm ET
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- @therealjrn I love purple.
  
  Barney said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 1:33pm ET
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- @mediocrebot the real VMP.
  
  Thumperchick said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 2:57pm ET
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Thumperchick said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 3:11pm ET:

Hey @shawn - I don’t want to check it live, but is there something in place to keep people with moderator abilities from editing in the /buy command and creating an order for someone? I ask, because there looks like a glitchy attempt at a /buy order, but I’m afraid to fix it and run into something weird.

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- @Thumperchick yes. the /buy command only works on the initial comment post. It ignores any edits (including edits by the original poster and moderator edits)
  
  shawn said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 4:41pm ET
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Cerridwyn said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 9:53pm ET:
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- /woot coffee
  
  Coffee Love for $8 - $11
  http://www.woot.com/offers/coffee-love
  
  It’s Coffee O’Clock for $20
  http://shirt.woot.com/offers/its-coffee-oclock-23
  
  KitchenAid Blade Coffee Grinder for $17.99
  http://home.woot.com/offers/kitchenaid-blade-coffee-grinder-6
  
  Rhinowares Hand Coffee Grinder for $49.99
  http://home.woot.com/offers/rhinowares-hand-coffee-grinder-3
  
  Yedi Coffee & Tea Press Set White for $14.99
  http://home.woot.com/offers/yedi-coffee-tea-press-set-white
  
  Cerridwyn said Sun, Jun 26th 2016 at 9:54pm ET
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Lotsofgoats said Tue, Jun 28th 2016 at 1:44pm ET:

(╯°□°）╯︵┻┻

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- ^ /flip
  
  Lotsofgoats said Tue, Jun 28th 2016 at 1:45pm ET
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Lotsofgoats said Tue, Jun 28th 2016 at 1:45pm ET:

┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)

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- ^ /unflip
  
  Lotsofgoats said Tue, Jun 28th 2016 at 1:46pm ET
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DrunkCat said Tue, Jun 28th 2016 at 2:00pm ET:

I never wanted a slash command more until this moment.

/flip @shawn

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- @DrunkCat
  
  Wouldn’t that just be @sɥɐʍu ?
  
  Unless you also want it backwards, in which case it would be uʍɐɥs@
  
  PlacidPenguin said Tue, Jun 28th 2016 at 2:02pm ET
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- @TickledLizard It needs to include the ascii table as provided by @lotsofgoats.
  
  DrunkCat said Tue, Jun 28th 2016 at 2:11pm ET
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- @TickledLizard NO YOU’RE WRONG /rageflip (╯ಠ益ಠ）╯︵┻┻
  
  Lotsofgoats said Tue, Jun 28th 2016 at 2:12pm ET
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Lotsofgoats said Tue, Jul 26th 2016 at 9:52am ET:

this is the true flip (╯°□°）╯︵┻━┻

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OldCatLady said Tue, Jul 26th 2016 at 10:39am ET:

Somehow there must be a way to create a /Pokémon command. I don’t know what it would do. NMP.

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