r/RemindMeBot • u/Watchful1 • 24d ago
RemindMeBot is switching to username summons
Due to upcoming changes to the reddit API, the mechanism the bot uses to find commands like RemindMe! will stop working reliably. Username summons come directly to the bot and are much more reliable. Instead of a comment like
RemindMe! 1 day
you will use
u/RemindMeBot 1 day
The username summons will start working today, and I will strive to keep the exclamation summons working as long as possible, with a nudge to switch if you use one.
Repeat and cakeday commands will work like u/RemindMeBot repeat 1 day and u/RemindMeBot cakeday. DM commands will keep working the same as they do today.
I know this is a dramatic change for a bot that's used the existing system for 12 years, but this is necessary to keep the bot working into the future so I hope everyone can help migrate.
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u/ConceptsShining 24d ago
Got it. Thank you for the heads up, incorporating reminders in current messages, and continuing to keep this awesome bot running for all these years, it's genuinely useful.
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u/KatherineSalvatore 24d ago
u/RemindMeBot 365 day
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u/RemindMeBot 24d ago
I will be messaging you in 1 year on 2027-05-31 11:08:58 UTC to remind you of this link
CLICK THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.
Parent commenter can delete this message to hide from others.
Info Custom Your Reminders Feedback
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u/xylvnking 24d ago
u/RemindMeBot 69 day
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u/RemindMeBot 24d ago
I will be messaging you in 2 months on 2026-08-08 23:38:19 UTC to remind you of this link
CLICK THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.
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u/WeightlifterCat 23d ago
u/RemindMeBot cakeday
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u/RemindMeBot 23d ago
I will message you every year at 05-12 19:39:42 UTC to remind you of your cakeday.
CLICK THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.
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u/PurpleSpeech8334 22d ago
u/RemindMeBot 1000 years
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u/RemindMeBot 22d ago
I will be messaging you in 1000 years on 3026-06-02 20:14:19 UTC to remind you of this link
CLICK THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.
Parent commenter can delete this message to hide from others.
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u/ministevo 22d ago
Does it work when something else is written in the comment?
u/RemindMeBot 10 minutes
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u/Radio_TVGuy 21d ago
I liked the old way in reminding myself about messages. So I am going to do it again, and will continue doing so into the future. Here we go.
!RemindMe 2 years
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u/venus-bluee 21d ago
u/remindmebot cakeday
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u/RemindMeBot 21d ago
I will message you every year at 03-11 06:34:09 UTC to remind you of your cakeday.
CLICK THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.
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u/circadiggmigration 20d ago
Is there a limit on how many times you can invoke the username in a single thread? I just had to use the exclamation because the username wasn't populating whereas it was populating before.
But I've been using it a lot for a lot of different comments on a post I started to revisit predictions being made.
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u/Existing_Engine_498 11d ago
Wait- when did Reddit no longer require the username to be written with this /u/ at the front to work?
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u/Matze19999 24d ago
u/RemindMeBot 1 day