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Facebook Messenger Now Has 11,000 Bots (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Three months after Facebook announced a platform for building bots that operate inside its Messenger app, Messenger chief David Marcus said in a blog post that more than 11,000 bots have been created. He also said 23,000 more developers have signed up to use tools provided by Wit.ai, a Facebook acquisition that automates conversational interactions between users and businesses. Facebook has yet to announce any numbers regarding how many users actually use the bots, but developers appear to be actively engaged. Facebook has said that bots will rapidly improve as more developers create them. Marcus did announce several new features for the platform. Bots can now respond with GIFs, audio, video, and other files "to help a brand's personality come across," Marcus said. They can now link Messenger profiles to customer accounts, such as a bank or online merchant. They're also getting some new UI elements: "quick replies" that suggest interactions for the user to help them set their expectations, and a "persistent menu" option for bots that displays available commands at all times so users don't have to remember them. A star system is now in place for users to rate bots and provide feedback directly to developers.
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Facebook has said that bots will rapidly improve as more developers create them.
Is this like the infinite monkeys theory, where if you haven't gotten the works of Shakespeare yet, you simply need to add more monkeys and typewriters to the room?
The average facebook bot has more IQ than the average facebook user.
The bad news is all 11,000 of them were Fart Bots.
they waited until 11,000 to post this story? 1000 would have probably been enough, and 10,000's a nice round Number. I guess it does go to 11, so there's that.
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Remember irc chat bots?
"Bots can now respond with GIFs, audio, video, and other files "to help a brand's personality come across," "
Oh boy, more crap driven by the idiots in marketing.
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The title of the article says it all.
I'll go first: zero.
Why would I want to talk to a bot? I mean, Eliza was fun back in the day, Siri is fun to taunt from time to time, but.. why would I want to talk to a bot? (talk, type, whatever. Interact.)
Now, if this were a sentient android, yes, I probably would. But a bot? A bot that spews trendy chat and gifs? For businesses? What?
Does not compute.
The "Civilized World" jumped the shark ca. 1973.
IRC had bots for decades
Can we get bots that pose as rich old ladies and can set up profile pages and accept every friend request they get from every prince of nigeria?
This would solve so many problems I'm not even joking.
Three months after Facetrump announced a platform for building trumps that operate inside its Messenger app, Messenger chief David Trump said in a blog post that more than 11,000 trumps have been created. He also said 23,000 more developers have signed up to use tools provided by Wit.ai, a Facetrump acquisition that automates conversational interactions between users and businesses. Facetrump has yet to announce any numbers regarding how many users actually use the trumps, but developers appear to be actively engaged. Facetrump has said that trumps will rapidly improve as more developers create them. Trump did announce several new features for the platform. Trumps can now respond with GIFs, audio, video, and other files "to help a trump's personality come across," Trump said. They can now link Messenger profiles to customer accounts, such as a bank or online merchant. They're also getting some new UI elements: "quick replies" that suggest interactions for the trump to help them set their expectations, and a "persistent menu" option for trumps that displays available commands at all times so users don't have to remember them. A star system is now in place for users to rate trumps and provide feedback directly to developers.
Back in my dad's day on Madison Avenue, we hired real ladies with short skirts and tall hair to physically answer the phone and say, over and over again, "Thanks for your message, I'll deliver it to Mr. Draper in the morning. And thanks for calling". Dagnab world is going to hell, autoreply my ass. Get offa my lawn
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We will just invent an app that makes all life unnecessary, obliterating the planet, AND saving a lot of money.
One hundred fifty years ago 80% of the population was involved with food production, mostly for themselves. Now automated systems and nice corporations takes care of food production leaving us with nothing to do other than pay for the health effects caused by bad food.
It is a wonderful life.
All FB needs is 3 bots: one that's extremely left-wing, one that's extremely right-wing, and one that always tries to find the middle-ground. Then we can all leave them to it, get off of FB, and do something stimulating, engaging, and/or productive.
Looking at the spam in the inbox of different accounts.