BOTS

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BOTS and Plugins

Contents 1 Bots in infamy 2 Why Bots Cool 3 Types of Bots 4 Bots on StatusNet 5 Ideas 6 Examples 7 Actions

[edit] Bots in infamy

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_bot
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatterbot
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat_bot
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_online_characters

[edit] Why Bots Cool

• Agents
  • assistants with actions
  • Hopefully not CLIPPY
• rejon.status.net
  • me
  • my bots
    • eliza
    • ALICE

[edit] Types of Bots

[edit] Bots on StatusNet

• External
  • API
  • XMPP + IM
• Internal
  • Plugins

[edit] Ideas

• Presence
• Karma
• ChatterBot
• Bot Class?
• flow control
• search, persistent
• feeling lucky
• daily agenda
• reminders
• simple bots
• math bots
• celsius to fahrenheit
• transliterate bot
• translate bot
• package tracking
• location in 50km increments
• conference schedule bot
• isbn

[edit] Examples

• http://identi.ca/rms
• http://identi.ca/remindme
• http://gitorious.org/8ballbot
• http://github.com/zcopley/tricklepost

[edit] Actions

• Make more examples bots
  • jibot
  • 8ball
  • plugin method for bot