Improvement of the automated curation bot

Right now I’m working on improving my automated curation bot. It still follows the same rules as before, but I’ve redesigned the interface so it’s much cleaner and easier to read than what I had until now.

It tracks my VP in real time and updates every 5 seconds (after testing it, it does seem to follow things properly in real time). I’ll need to improve it later so it’s accurate down to the decimal, but honestly it’s already working pretty well at this stage.

The bot automatically votes on posts that match the rules, and I can modify those rules directly from the top of the screen. I can also add new ones whenever I want, which makes it pretty flexible and easier to adjust over time.

At the bottom, there’s a results section that’s supposed to show how much curation reward I’ve earned over the last 24 hours. I’ll know whether it’s actually working within the next 24 to 48 hours, since I just added that feature and don’t have any data yet.

Today I barely used the bot for curation. I spent about 12 hours cleaning windows at work, and when I got home I focused on improving the bot’s UI. Before that, it had buttons everywhere, sometimes overlapping and hiding parts of the page. I could still navigate it, but over time it became messy and a bit confusing. I also took the opportunity to clean up the code properly instead of stacking tons of patches on top of each other.

This weekend, I’m planning to look into whether it’s possible to add an AI detection score for posts. It should be doable — I came across a GitHub repository that talks about it, but I haven’t had time to dig into it yet. It could be a pretty useful feature if I manage to integrate it properly.