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feat: Provide users an alternative link to view x threads #514

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feature implementation
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supressed original message embed, moved converted link to a standard …
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Updated message to be a md link with simple language.
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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions src/features/x-cancel-generator.ts
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import type { ChannelHandlers } from "../types/index.js";

export const TWITTER_REGEX =
/https?:\/\/(?:www\.)?(?:x|twitter)\.com\/\w+\/status\/\d+/i;

const xCancelGenerator: ChannelHandlers = {
handleMessage: async ({ msg }) => {
const match = TWITTER_REGEX.exec(msg.content);
if (!match || msg.author.bot) return; // Ignore bots to prevent loops
msg.suppressEmbeds(true);
const [url] = match;
const alternativeUrl = url.replace(/(x|twitter)\.com/i, "xcancel.com");
await msg.channel.send(
`This \`x.com\` link has been converted to \`xcancel.com\` so that server members won't require an account to view content and threads:\n ${alternativeUrl}`,

@vcarl vcarl Feb 26, 2026

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What about trimming it down further? 👀

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`This \`x.com\` link has been converted to \`xcancel.com\` so that server members won't require an account to view content and threads:\n ${alternativeUrl}`,
`[Converted to \`xcancel.com\` for members with no X account](${alternativeUrl})`,

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Done

);
},
};

export default xCancelGenerator;
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions src/index.ts
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import voiceActivity from "./features/voice-activity.js";
import type { ChannelHandlers } from "./types/index.js";
import { scheduleMessages } from "./features/scheduled-messages.js";
import tsPlaygroundLinkShortener from "./features/tsplay.js";
import xCancelGenerator from "./features/x-cancel-generator.js";
import { CHANNELS, initCachedChannels } from "./constants/channels.js";
import { scheduleTask } from "./helpers/schedule.js";
import { discordToken, isProd } from "./helpers/env.js";
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autoban,
emojiMod,
tsPlaygroundLinkShortener,
xCancelGenerator,
troll,
]);

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