In exactly one month, so many people are going to learn that Steve Buscemi was a firefighter and helped out on 9/11.

Source: https://github.com/SIlver--/remindmebot-reddit

What is the point of RemindMeBot?

RemindMeBot was made as a way to remind the user about a comment or thread for later use.

For example, someone on AskReddit posts a list of cool movies to watch. Although you don't have time to watch it now, you make a comment to remember to view a movie from the list later.

However, you forget about the comment you made because you always find the cool things before sleeping and you have a short attention span to view your previously made comments.

Another is that user X predicates Y will happen or will deliver content Z in 3 days. Use RemindMeBot to see if he was right or if OP delivered!

Think of RemindMe! as an improved and automatic "saved" for later

How do you call RemindMeBot

RemindMe! TIME OPTION "MESSAGE" (with quotes)

Time option and message order don't matter. They are also optional. Meaning if you can do a simple RemindMe! it will default to 1 day and a standard message. Everything before RemindMe! is not caught and everything after is. So feel free to use it in long winded posts but make sure it's after to avoid problems.

Note that the message is for your benefit for when you initially get the reminder. The PM will give you the permalink to your original comment.

Do PMs work?

Yes they do! Just try it out here.

It has all the same functionality exists within the PMs. So use it for private reminders with any link you want within the [ and ]. If no link is provided it will default to this page. Note that Subject title does not matter and that you don't need to use the above link. Any PM sent with the message RemindMe! will work.

What options does it have?

This topic will make it clear the amount of options that are possible.

Afterwards this will be the comment.

RemindMeBot will then message you

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Messaging you on 2015-08-20 07:39:01 UTC to remind you of this comment.

CLICK THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.

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[FAQs] | [Custom Reminder] | [Feedback] | [Code]

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The wait is limited to year 9999 so sorry immortals. Requested comments can't be longer than 10000 characters (Max is 15000 for a comment on reddit). I do suggest though that best case scenario is to use the bot with a 7 days a week value. Long enough to not be annoying but not long enough that if it's important, you don't really truly forget about it if something were to happen to the bot.

Hey why didn't it notice me?

Sorry about that. I'd suggest deleting your comment(no one likes spam) and trying again. Sometimes the bot misses a comment because there are too many comments happening at once on Reddit or connection issues. Do not worry about the reminder though, as long as the confirm happened, the PM will come. Worst case scenario is that it will come late if there are connection issues.

Also, make sure you are doing the correct way to call upon the bot. It is:

RemindMe! ONE MONTH "MILK STEVE BUSCEMI KARMA TRAIN".

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