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# IDEAS
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## Determining when to award points
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To ensure that points are only awarded for the first comment marked as a
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solution:
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* Alter the database to allow for tracking of each submission and the first
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comment marked as the solution. Then, everytime a new solution comment is
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detected, simply check the database to see if the submission is already
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counted. This will avoid unnecessary calls to Reddit, which would include
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scanning all the submission comments each time.
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* This approach could also make it simpler to check whether a solution comment
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has been edited. Instead of having to do a daily search for edits, it could
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just check the original solution comment to ensure that it still contains
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the "!solved" string. If not, it can remove points from that author and
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award points to the new author.
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To ensure that a point is awarded to the correct user:
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* We could expand the "!solved" bot summons to include an optional username
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argument. Without the argument, the bot will award the point to either the
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top-level comment or the parent comment of the "!solved" comment, whichever
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is decided upon. However, if the username argument is provided, the bot
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could simple check that one of the comments in the comment tree belongs to
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that user, and then award them the point.
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- Honestly, this is probably overcomplicated and unnecessary, though.
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