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Decronym: a Reddit and Lemmy bot that expands acronyms

What is this thing, anyway?

Decronym is a Reddit "bot", a user account that reads new comments by other users and looks for acronyms used therein. If it sees an acronym that it understands, it will post a comment (or update its comment) with an explanation.

Decronym is also available for Lemmy communities, and behaves in the same manner.

Where does Decronym operate?

Here are the acronym lists for the subreddits where Decronym listens for new comments:

• ArtemisProgram [or in JSON]
• Choices [or in JSON]
• ChoicesVIP [or in JSON]
• ControlProblem [or in JSON]
• EndFPTP [or in JSON]
• EthTrader [or in JSON]
• Excel [or in JSON]
• ISRO [or in JSON]
• KeepOurNetFree [or in JSON]
• Lovestruck [or in JSON]
• NASA [or in JSON]
• OrbitalPodcast [or in JSON]
• RomanceClub [or in JSON]
• RomanceClubDiscussion [or in JSON]
• Space [or in JSON]
• Spaceflight [or in JSON]
• SpaceX [or in JSON]
• SpaceXLounge [or in JSON]
• SpaceXseaLaunch [or in JSON]
• SufferingRisk [or in JSON]
• SyrianCivilWar [or in JSON]
• TMRO [or in JSON]
• TropicalWeather [or in JSON]
• ULA [or in JSON]

And here are the lists for the Lemmy communities where Decronym is listening:

• [email protected] [or in JSON]
• [email protected] [or in JSON]

But why?

The original inspiration was the use of "VV" as an acronym in the SpaceX subreddit and the subsequent discussion about what a VV even was. MaritMonkey mentioned that it might be a good idea to have a bot that automatically listened out for usages like this, and built an in-thread database of acronyms used; thus, Decronym was born.

If I run into an acronym that Decronym doesn't know, how do I tell you?

Hit me up on Mastodon, I'm [email protected].

Can I get Decronym to listen for comments in my subreddit or Lemmy community?

Sure! Just let me know which subreddit, and the following things:

• The minimum karma on a thread before Decronym starts listening (default: 10);
• The minimum age of a thread before Decronym starts listening (default: 1 hour);
• The minimum number of comments on a thread before Decronym will start posting (default: 10);
• An initial list of acronyms and their meanings, with which I can populat e the database.

I see the bot's code is written in PHP. What's wrong with you?

I happen to have used PHP for many years, so I know what I'm doing in that world; it's a half-decent language nowadays. I could put more self-justifications here, but in the end it's another example of a PHP script that Just Works, getting on with its job quietly.

I love your work, and would like to hire you for a huge salary. What do you say?

I thought this was a list of Frequently Asked Questions. But sure, drop me a line and we can talk.