Good one...but with Facebook and other existing messaging platforms trying to become a platform , how come operator like apps can succeed in this market. Only existing messaging players are gatekeepers in this market.
Aggressive on 'end of google' proclamation--if I can figure it out so can they--but enjoyed the enthusiasm for this emergent space.
We are in a platform shift and its going to get a little weird for those who fail to adopt.
🔑 is personalized personalities for these chatbots.
@todkiry Spot on. We hired someone who, in his spare time is a stand up comedian, and previously wrote superfluous and effective copy at Living Social, then launched campaigns in SF Creative Agency. His skills are 🔑.
In parallel, have a product team building a personality bot API, starting with our own called Printbot. We're building the underlying logic and CMS so we can 'write once, run across all platforms' (WeChat included). It's been experiential in both writing the bot (I'm writing v1, designing the CMS) and getting the logic to work, but day-by-day, we're doing it. Progress is here: http://twitter.com/pr1ntbot
For our MVP, we're writing personality bots for several of the top celeb personalities in the world. In a partnership with them, we may run them on WeChat. Will definitely run on Twitter, SMS, and FB Messenger (when we get API access).
It's a fun world.
Rumors are Google IS working on one chatbot to rule them all. The metasearch of chat so to speak. Will it do it fast enough? Will it do well? http://appleinsider.com/articles...
Great cast. Social is far from dead or surpassed tho. Just needs a refresh I think. Innovation instead of feature build out. Conversation commerce will live in parallel.
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