@sippndipp ironically I thought of something similar the other week. Does it come back with suggestions for exercises based around the session or previous exercise?

@mrmarkdavies not yet. It's a very simple tracking bot right now. But it's great idea and I'm definitely keep working on it.

@mrmarkdavies ❤️

@__tosh I think the opportunities are plenty. But I'm currently focusing on the thing that I actually need. But hey maybe someone else will take care of it.

@__tosh I've built slackbots before and the FBM plattform is definitely an upgrade due to it's generic templates (e.g. the stats). I think that the whole user onboarding could be better (greeting message, getting started button) but these are little details.

@sippndipp @__tosh yes, generic templates are good. I agree that Facebook should focus a bit more on things like greeting message, getting started button. Plus: Bot discovery is still a problem, furthermore, since a bot is tied to a page, it's not clear for most of the users if they are talking to a bot or the page right now, since there's no real difference

@3x14159265 @__tosh so true. Discovery is a real problem.

@sippndipp @3x14159265 @__tosh I think discoverability is mainly a problem if you want to browse listings and explore functionality. If you approach an interface with the action you want to perform in mind and the syntax is simple enough then I don't discoverability is much of an issue.

@batraatin On my list.

@lucakorol I'm working on 1) and for 2) that's why I created it in the first place.

Loving GymBot too, @patrick91! I'm with AVA - we're actually working on a messenger integration for calorie tracking, but right now we're doing it via text. So all you have to do is text us a picture of what you're eating and we'll text a calorie count and a link to your private food journal. We're still in beta, but if you want to snag a spot on our waitlist for an invite you can go here: http://bit.ly/1UQWWBW

@danfranchap @patrick91 I'd like to get an invite too.

@danfranchap done

@danfranchap You're currently # 2864 on our waiting list :-) can u help?

@cptmuh Good feedback. I'll update the help. Yes you can name your own exercises soon.

@buss_jan Well, as I already mentioned I tried several apps and felt that most of them were a bit too overladen. So, when I started to work out, I was using the notes app to track my progress. This is how I developed the format for entering your exercises. I wanted to create a clean and simple tool with just some basic functions and developing a bot was way quicker that developing an app with a custom UI.

@sippndipp I completely agree. Gym apps are way too big. I formerly used gymbuddy but it's just so massive and not user-friendly when tracking workouts. Switched back to notes... Love how simple you've kept this. Well done!!

@jean_philippe_fong the metrics are taken from your Facebook locale. But settings is definitely on our todo list.

@savchukmark I'll try to do a little video to explain it.

@daniel_schroermeyer It's just a program at the moment, but I want to make it smarter. I'm using the bot for a few weeks now, obviously, and even got some friends to use it too. So, I was able to gather a lot of feedback. The next step to make the bot smarter would be to split up the strict format for the exercises. Currently, you have to obey a certain format (Exercise Weight/Repetitions/Sets). Splitting that up would mean that Gymbot understands that you’re working on a particular machine if you'd just type "Butterfly" and then would ask you how much weight you lifted and how many repetitions you did and so on. The ultimate goal is that Gymbot can make sense out of a variety of different formats, so the handling feels as natural and intuitive as possible.

@danfranchap Actually it takes the locale from your Facebook profile but I'll provide settings soon.

@sippndipp I noticed that in my GymBot journal later on! I missed it at first because language in the responses from the bot doesn't reflect your location considerations. Very cool. :)

@danfranchap localizing a bot is a lot of work. I guess units is a good 80/20 tradeoff.