A therapy chatbot for depression

Re:A therapy chatbot for depression by save_ferris on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @04:19PM (#14509557)

Couldn't they have picked a better platform than Facebook to try this out on, given all of the research into the effect of social media on one's mental state?

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Re:A therapy chatbot for depression by pamelafox on Thursday June 08, 2017 @10:43AM (#14514506)

(Pamela from Woebot). Great points here about the pro's and con's of Facebook integration.

Regardless of those, we definitely plan to develop non-FB options in the near future. There's a mailing list here if you'd like to find out when those are offered: https://www.woebot.io/#besides-facebook

On a personal note, I oft recommend the "Kill News Feed" Chrome extension for Facebook users. (Woebot doesn't recommend it as he doesn't know about it yet, he lives in a happy world free of news feeds :).

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Re:A therapy chatbot for depression by gee_totes on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:28PM (#14510018)

> given all of the research into the effect of social media on one's mental state?

Given that research, wouldn't that make Facebook be the best platform for an anti-depression chat-bot? That's where the users will be.

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Re:A therapy chatbot for depression by blacksmith_tb on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:41PM (#14510089)

I am picturing a Slack integration - but maybe that's just too depressing to contemplate.

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