Comments on: Warning: You could be talking to a Twitter bot

By: mark

mark — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:48:00 +0000

There are plenty of bots that are used to tweet messages, not so sure that replies that are actually worth anything can be done by a bot though, simply automated stuff that probably isn’t relevant to what the person tweeted.

By: Antoine Amann

Antoine Amann — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:33:44 +0000

I wonder what Twitter will look like in 5 years from now. The more popular it gets, the more bots and spam it attracts. And they seem to be already having problems dealing with it all now…
I'm sure you've seen this. Just in case: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/08/twitter… Nearly Half of all Twitter Followers are Bots

By: Emre Ilkme

Emre Ilkme — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:47:00 +0000

The large user base of social media allows you to network your business for wide In fact there are few better tools for networking. A simple search can help you discover the pages related to your business or the industry you are operating further more you can link your own profile to those of your business and customers. You have the chance to interact with your customers and associates through one avenue with marketing.

By: Adi Gaskell

Adi Gaskell — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:36:09 +0000

Thanks for the comment Terry. It's certainly an interesting one. I know from using eCoBoT back in the day that it would sometimes appear convincing for brief conversations but would come out with some strange responses the longer it went on. It would 'probably' be easier to automate a conversation via Twitter than it would in a blog (for instance). Not to say that's ideal of course, merely that it's probably possible.

By: Terry Coatta

Terry Coatta — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:33:59 +0000

I think this reveals some of the limitations of Twitter as a platform — it's sometimes hard to let your personality come across in 140 characters. If most of what you do is post links to stuff you have found, or re-tweet others, then I think you'll end up being a somewhat "flat character" to borrow from literary analysis. Once you start to engage in conversations on Twitter (and I find that Twitter chats are an excellent way to do this), then I think more of who you are starts to come across. And I bet it's a little more challenging for a Twitter-Bot to do that.

By: Adi Gaskell

Adi Gaskell — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:06:20 +0000

If that's the case though you can probably achieve that through a RSS feed already, no need to a more sophisticated solution.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:04:28 +0000

Haha I remember eCoBoT. Wonder if the Twitter bot likes milk too?

By: Marcin Piekarczyk

Marcin Piekarczyk — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:56:30 +0000

I think it is depends on the type of conversation you want to have with your customers/community. It might work if your main aim is to inform the community about new activities etc. However, if the community expects more conversation than being informed I think it can fail. Moreover, another issue to consider it your target group and the brand you represent. If your brand is sophisticated and your target at niche market your customers will require more in depth conversation in which automated replies can fail. If I was a member of very targeted community and find out I am talking to a computer I would be out of it.