VMP Sneak Peek: Slash Commands (Part 9)

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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 I’m trying out a new slash command that’s considered so “beta” it’s currently only available to Mediocre employees. Here’s a screenshot:

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/buy in the current deal’s topic purchases today’s deal using your default payment setting. Not demonstrated here, but currently implemented, are arguments for --quantity 2 or --coupon MYCODEHERE or --color purple if the deal contains multiple items.

Any brave VMPs want to try it out?