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Post number 15573

aaron — Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:23:10 -0800

ActiveBuddy has added five new AIM bots, of various levels of usefulness. ELLEgirlBuddy for teen girl stuff; TattleTeller for Oscar®-related news and gossip; AgentReuters for news and stock quotes; NoBoundariesTV as a tie-in to the useless WB "reality" show that seems to focus around Ford trucks; and My eBay Buddy for, well, make a guess. Fair warning: They're all beta.

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:26:45 -0800

Here's their official ActiveBuddy PR descriptions: => ELLEgirlBuddy is the first instant messaging agent for teenage girls. ELLEgirlBuddy offers direct access to ELLEgirl.com's teen-savvy news, information, and trends in fashion, entertainment and beauty. She also has games and contests, plus she's got personality! => TattleTeller is your Hollywood connection. Get news, celeb bios and gossip on the Academy Awards(r) as soon as it's dished out. => AgentReuters specializes in news and financial information, with stock quotes, charts, indices and more. => NoBoundariesTV tells you about the WB's inspirational adventure series brought to you by Ford. Guided by extreme sports champion Troy Hartman, these brave souls will travel on an empowering 30-day journey about teamwork, leadership and adventure. => "My eBay Buddy" gives you the edge in becoming a savvy buyer, seller or bidder! Get tips and tidbits. Play games. And learn how to trade practically anything on earth at the World's Online Marketplace! They're all AOL/AIM only. And the eBay bot's links have a tendency not to work properly. I haven't really played much with the others, except for AgentReuters which, while sort of useful, doesn't seem to offer much of anything that you can't already get from SmarterChild.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:29:10 -0800

Interesting idea, although none except "Agent Baseball" truly interest me. A "BlogBuddy" would be neat, maybe.

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:50:23 -0800

In other bot news: GooglyMinotaur, the Radiohead info bot, has been retired. It's still live on AIM, but if you try to talk to it, you just get back a piece of PR telling you to visit SmarterChild. Also, I discovered TheBrandy411, a bot all about the pop singer Brandy. If you're into that sort of thing, which I'm not. Anyone know of any other new ones out there?

By: coelecanth

coelecanth — Sat, 16 Mar 2002 21:33:34 -0800

I never saw these before. Neat.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sun, 17 Mar 2002 00:28:36 -0800

Anil Dash was keeping track of this corner of technology for a while. I suspect he hasn't lost interest.

By: nedrichards

nedrichards — Sun, 17 Mar 2002 04:11:06 -0800

There is a blog buddy. Go talk to BlogBot. He'll be your friend and post to your blogger based blog all at the same time!

By: crunchland

crunchland — Sun, 17 Mar 2002 06:17:42 -0800

If they could make the ebay buddy remind you when a favorite auction was about to close, or when someone outbids you, or even tells you if a particular item has just been put up for auction, then I'll be impressed. And I guess there's software out there that can do all that for me anyway, and the idea of doing it on a centrally located machine, for thousands and thousands, is a little too intense. As it is, the ebay buddy seems fairly, if not completely, useless.

By: rex

rex — Sun, 17 Mar 2002 06:39:02 -0800

DISCLAIMER: Self-link. (Please don't pound on me for it.) I made a program which allows to IM Bots to talk to each other. Here's their first conversation.

By: DragonBoy

DragonBoy — Mon, 18 Mar 2002 07:59:48 -0800

This is a great service for me. I have AIM on my cell phone, and I know I will use Agent Reuters to get stocks instead of paying Voicestream $.50 per quote, which is what they charge.

By: anildash

anildash — Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:39:18 -0800

Sadly, I haven't kept up with the state of the art in bots. I do still have a boatload of 'em on my buddy list, though. These are the ones (many are now dead) I had a few months ago: aagabe, AgentBaseball, AlicebotNet, bizzarokiehl, bloggerbot, gabrielshear, googlematic, GooglyMinotaur, hitormiss0rg, hitormissorg, lagpartybot, Longwind, MailSystem, memepusher, metalynxbot, mylesdannoying, mylesdbot, mylesdbot2, publicspy, SmarterChild, spyonit, spyonit2001, sweethappyfriend, userlandalert And there are more at botspot and no doubt yo.

By: mmangano

mmangano — Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:55:29 -0800

You can play trivia with this bot: gamegoattrivia

By: mmangano

mmangano — Mon, 18 Mar 2002 17:55:33 -0800

You can play trivia with this bot: gamegoattrivia