over-used easter topics in .topic command of sir-lancebot

Description

I don’t know whether this is a feature or a bug since I didnt read the source code; but the .topic command has been spilling out a lot of topics related to Easter. I don’t blame the topics (its actually pretty good), its about how frequently the same topics are being sent by the bot. I know this is a one-time-thing where topics are more likely to be about a specific celebration (in this case Easter) but… the same topics being sent SMH. (I’ve been told that random module isnt really random?)

Reasoning

Every long conversation in any of the off-topic channels lead to an awkward silence. I’m an avid user (and so are many other people) of this topic command. And a diverse and vast collection of topics could (Would) really help us break the ice. The “regulars” or the more active people of this server will come to a point where they’ve answered all topics of that command. This hasn’t been helpful given the frequency of Easter topics being sent (which almost everyone has byhearted at this point). This also jeopardizes the start of long and fruitful conversations.

Proposed Implementation

I propose either of the two following implementations.

1. Add more easter topics to the list.
2. Decrease the frequency of Easter topics being sent.

Additional Details

Just… goto any off topic channel and use the .topic command 3 times. I guarantee you, any one topic will repeat twice. the following is someone who agrees with me :DD

Would you like to implement this yourself?

• I’d like to implement this feature myself
• Anyone can implement this feature

[ChrisLovering]

Another approach could be to store an optional month against each topic. Then on cog load, we only load the topics that don’t have a month, or are from the current month.

[Xithrius]

@AnkithAbhayan Thank you for the update. I will now obliterate this issue.