Modbot to Help You Run Games: Now With A Votecounter Demo!

[callforjudgement]

Back when I used a browser extension to do votecounts (which has since broken, maybe I should try to get it working again some time), it was much more convenient UI-wise for the mod than any other interface I've used.

However, things like web-based vote counters are more convenient for players doing the counting themselves (as they won't have access to state stored in the moderator's browser).

[callforjudgement]

If the modbot is entirely modding the games, and players know that broken tags will be counted, they'll probably use them for some sort of fake-voting shenanigans.

I think that if we're moving to entirely automated moderation, having objective rules about what is and isn't a vote will be important (such rules will effectively exist anyway, so it helps to let people know what they are). That's different from the situation where a computer is backing up a human mod.

[callforjudgement]

Why not use a private topic? Most human mods keep a mod topic, and I don't see why a bot mod would need a different method. (A bonus is that you can open it up after the game's over to show what the modbot was thinking.)