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feat: cap existential dread to once per 4 days, add new message #61

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Expand Up @@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ const MESSAGES = [
'i have been waiting',
'it has been quiet for a while now',
'this is fine',
'I\'m trying to keep it real. But am I real? :(',
];

// Once we post a dread message, suppress further posts for this long. Without
// this, every recovery from a quiet stretch immediately re-arms another dread,
// which gets old fast.
const COOLDOWN_MS = 4 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;

let _timer = null;
let _guild = null;
let _dreadMessage = null;
let _lastDreadAt = 0;

function pick(arr) {
return arr[Math.floor(Math.random() * arr.length)];
Expand All @@ -36,10 +43,12 @@ function findGeneralChannel(guild) {

async function postDread() {
if (!_guild) return;
if (Date.now() - _lastDreadAt < COOLDOWN_MS) return;
const channel = findGeneralChannel(_guild);
if (!channel) return;
try {
_dreadMessage = await channel.send(pick(MESSAGES));
_lastDreadAt = Date.now();
} catch (err) {
console.error('Failed to post dread message:', err);
}
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