The Fourth Facebook Goldrush Just Started

We've had IRC and eggdrop (among many other bots) for decades but we've dropped the ball - it's just never been a priority to build nice interfaces on top of these things.

Heck, when I was working with a distributed startup we were using Skype group chat which was actually surprisingly good. Almost Slack good at times. The Skype API was powerful enough to build a bot, but clunky and nowhere as good as the APIs available today. I wrote eggdrop code decades ago and it was fragile and picky.

Re: The Fourth Facebook Goldrush Just Started

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Post by YngwieMalware » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 3:19 PM UTC

Nah

Re: The Fourth Facebook Goldrush Just Started

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Post by andrewfromx » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 3:32 PM UTC

if u have an hour, watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tABT6GdygnI and listen for the distribution strategy part. This is a wide open one.

Re: The Fourth Facebook Goldrush Just Started

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Post by nutmeg » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 3:53 PM UTC

I think he is more on the mark about streaming video than conversational commerce / bots. If you are a regular Facebook user, you can get an idea of where they are headed with the notifications that get greater priority and what is more likely to appear in your feed.

I have noticed greater visibility of Events and Live Video streaming. When a friend starts a live stream, I get a notification that shows up on my lock screen.

I'd put my money on Facebook going into video in a big way. Maybe they will be the one streaming sports games around the world.

Re: The Fourth Facebook Goldrush Just Started

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Post by cylinder » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 4:13 PM UTC

But if you want to cash in on this you need to create compelling content more than be a hacker. The top Snapchat Stories are not there because of hacking.

Re: The Fourth Facebook Goldrush Just Started

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Post by dipnuggetron » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 4:27 PM UTC

people gaming Medium's favorites for more pageviews? ugh.

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Re: The Fourth Facebook Goldrush Just Started

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Post by cylinder » Fri, Apr 08, 2016, 4:39 PM UTC

andrewfromx wrote: post #6

if u have an hour, watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tABT6GdygnI and listen for the distribution strategy part. This is a wide open one.

Can someone provide a narrower indication of where that part occurs?