Have the tell command default to using the echo command?

[AmaanC]

I see a lot of people using tell like this:

!!tell userName I want this to be said from the bot

Recent example:

!!tell ossek you're welcome

Maybe if no command is specified to the !!tell command, we should default to it using echo since that seems to be what users assume?

[ralt]

:+1:

[benjamingr]

:+1:

[Zirak]

Note that /echo is not a builtin command. This is by design, and here's why: It gives you a touch of the bot. /echo is important functionality, which can oh-so-easily be done with /learn. So, instead of giving it to everyone who boots up the bot, why not make them work a bit for it? /tell is also a very important builtin. The command parameter is often confusing (I know), and people usually forget it, which gives me two reasons to not like this proposal:

1. If you want the bot to link Joe to the mdn page on border-radius, and you accidentally do !!tell Joe border-radius, what you'll get is an error. Under your proposal, we'll get @Joe border-radius
2. It forces people to learn the syntax, thereby avoiding (or at least limiting) problem 1.

I can agree to changing /tells error message, telling people the complete syntax and that it's not an echo command.

[SomeKittens]

I like changing the error message.

[AmaanC]

Good points. Let's just change the error, then On Feb 21, 2014 4:58 AM, "Randall Koutnik" notifications@github.com wrote:

I like changing the error message.

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