Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?

Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by dboreham on Friday June 08, 2018 @06:36PM (#17270286)

Twitter is the weird thing it is because it began with an SMS interface (hence 140 characters). It took off originally because you didn't need a smart phone or a data plan or a PC to use it.

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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by vilmosi on Friday June 08, 2018 @07:53PM (#17270670)

I thought it took off because they managed to get celebrities on it.

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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by TheKarateKid on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:22PM (#17271340)

This. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore were amongst the first celebrities on Twitter to actually post the content themselves rather than by a manager/PR agent. This got a lot of media attention and many other celebs followed shortly after.

I still remember finding it strange to see how Ashton and Demi personally wrote short messages, since every form of communication from famous people at the time were formal statements released via the press.

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Re:Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened? by tomhoward on Saturday June 09, 2018 @08:43AM (#17272746)

That happened a couple of years after it initially took off. Celebrities only took to it after it had gained solid traction among Silicon Valley types and social media early adopters.

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