>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Trudel <ian.trudel at gmail.com> writes:

Ian> The bot should perhaps postpone messages after a period of inactivity...

Yeah, that'd be better.  Wait for 3 minutes idle, then burst up to last 5
messages.  Repeat.

I think that'd alleviate my only objections as well.

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