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Awesome work @bentossell & co! 2016 definitely feels like it's going to be 'year of the bots' & there are so many of them out there, it's difficult to find them.
I couldn't agree more on not making it an overwhelming experience, that was my thinking behind Connected & it was definitely a good shout (everyone +1'd for the simplicity). Looking forward to seeing where this goes :)
@gadgick Cheers dude!
Yeh still lots of work to do on it, but wanted to get the bare bones out there in the wild to see what people thought :)
@bentossell Exactly what I did with Connected, been working on version 2 for the past few weeks (when I've got time)!
Bots are becoming commodotized, framing the problem for bots is the really tough part that requires the hard work.
Similar to the BTC problem. Cool tech, finding applications is tough.....
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@alexvinogradov4 Thanks. We've been getting hit with a DOS attack. Taken some steps to fight the problem, hopefully things will be working normally from now on.
Thanks for the Poncho (and Botwick) love. Most appreciated from all of us at betaworks. You're going to be busy tomorrow !
Great concept. Heads up that your web design on Android needs help. Here's my view in Chrome on a Nexus 6p: https://imgur.com/iJIuZaM
@sarahadowney we fixed some responsive issues yesterday. Hope that fixes the problem. :)
@damjanski should be back up in a few mins, sorry! so many people jumped on today!
@neilcocker Fortunately I'm in a great position to see lots of bots come in and I read a lot around the space too.
We also have a submission (typeform for now) for people to add their bots if they build new ones etc and we will review.
Already have a queue :)
Excellent work @bentossell ! Thank for having Smooch.in in there. I should point out though that Smooch connects not only to Slack but also Android, Email, Facebook Messenger, iPhone, SMS, Telegram and Web. Great MVP, but keeping the content accurate and up-to-date will be a challenge in this stage.
@kvgauthier thanks! no problem :) - yeah this will be why it would be awesome to have the owners connected to their pages.
Just the initial MVP to see how it goes then will develop it further! Appreciate the feedback
I've been waiting for someone to build something like this. Super excited to dive in.
@bentossell @sethlouey @mubashariqbal I wouldn't say that it's an App store, i would say it'a more like a directory for bots. Nice work though!
@tnsrig @sethlouey @mubashariqbal yeah, as said before - the tagline just lets people visualise what it is... copy will likely change!
nice! congrats on the launch Ben (@mubashariqbal and @sethlouey) nice little team you got here :P I signed up and it looks great, lots of info on literally every bot I could think of (and ones I had no idea about).. great timing with Kik and F8 happening this week.
@koridhandy @mubashariqbal @sethlouey thanks dude. Awesome team :)
Yeah theres a lot still to do and hopefully feedback here will help us think about what we may need to add
@koridhandy @mubashariqbal @bentossell thanks Kori. Always been a fan of your work and to hear you say that... I am honored.
Can't wait to try out Banana
Very cool idea – thanks for implementing this!
If icons etc are missing can we provide this?
Of course I searched for Yodel :) and found it via the search but cannot see it in the category list for the specified categories.
When are bots listed on the category pages?
BTW love the icon! 🚀
@mikeseeh let me check up on yodel for you :)
It is because we havent officially 'published' yodel yet - there are a lot of bots in the queue that are half uploaded. Will look into it :)
Congrats on the launch @bentossel, @mubashariqbal, and @sethlouey. Consolidating bots across platforms is a huge opportunity considering how hot bots are right now.
Did you manually add all these bots yourself? How do you plan to keep it updated?
@jonathanzwhite @bentossell @mubashariqbal @sethlouey thanks :)
I did manually add these bots, yes - and yes it took a long time! Still quite a few to go in from our database.
Luckily I'm in the position to be able to see lots of new bots launch and we have a submit typeform for now where people can add them if we have missed any!
Hey @bentossell Congrats on the launch of this product. Bots are the new app, everyday there is a new BOT launched and it's getting very tricky to keep a track of what's out there.
I was submitting a bot we made at Tripnary, but I was surprised to learn that I need to pay $50 to get a "quick review" (within 7 days).. Why do you charge that? How did you come up with that number?
@goelv Hey yeah its crazy.
As you said, everyday there is a new bot launched and I only expect that number to increase.
There is already a queue of bots to add so need to have something in place or we could be completely inundated with bots that we just dont have time to get to quick enough!
Maybe $50 is a little high. That's what this feedback is for :) Appreciate it!
@goelv @bentossell Maybe we need to define what quick is. Would 3 business days be better?
@bentossell I would think that you should kee it free initially to populate your database with currently available bots across platforms. Once you hit some milestones (per platform) then start to charge money. Moreover 7 business days after paying for the quick review seems long. If you are paying it should be done with 1-2 days. Hope this feedback helps.
@goelv yup! definitely helps :)
There are already quite a few in the queue so thats why we went for this but will re-evaluate!
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