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Alexa: A dating bot for Facebook Messenger

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Re: Alexa: A dating bot for Facebook Messenger

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Post by schoen »

JonRB wrote: post #3
randylubin wrote: post #2

Branding it the same name as Amazon Echo's chat agent (also Alexa) seems like trouble...

And Amazon's other service, found at alexa.com

These, in turn, ultimately owe their name to the Library of Alexandria:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet#Operations_and_...

Re: Alexa: A dating bot for Facebook Messenger

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Post by jonathankoren »

schoen wrote: post #4
JonRB wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Amazon's other service, found at alexa.com

These, in turn, ultimately owe their name to the Library of Alexandria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet#Operations_and_...

And yet, they didn't use the name Alexandria.

Re: Alexa: A dating bot for Facebook Messenger

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Post by richdougherty »

schoen wrote: post #4
JonRB wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Amazon's other service, found at alexa.com

These, in turn, ultimately owe their name to the Library of Alexandria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet#Operations_and_...

Which owes its name to Alexander the Great.
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