I've analyzed the Silicon Valley Bot Startup trend and created a handy venn diagram to help explain it.pic.twitter.com/FTPg4KnFDT
-
-
-
@cyetain you may have to trademark Plague of Bots.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
I agree that most bots are shit, but Mary Meekers Internet Trends data shows that bot usage is actually increasing.
-
I think it's more that western companies have not figured it out yet.
-
I think it'll improve, I heard the bot meetups in SF are tackling deeper problems.
-
Agreed. I just retweeted because I found it funny and bots are at the apex of the hype cyclepic.twitter.com/eulLUhg7Rp
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
What timeline does the right section represent? Bots when you wrote this? Bots forever? We had $'ing customers in April.
-
these circles seem to overlap for
@trygrowbot
-
Haha, slowly but surely we shall reach a full eclipse.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@davidjbland I imagine an original Twitter Venn diagram would have looked similar -
.
@samhaseltine origin story of Twitter is super interesting to me. The problem they were solving with TxtMob was real. -
@davidjbland yeh I think that's fair. But I would extend similar sentiment to 'bots'. I see value in the concept but not today's application
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@davidjbland@nicolasnova Which is why the valley needs to hire anthropologists... -
@AnthroPunk not sure this will happen easily (some might say design thinking would do but it's definitely not the case) -
@nicolasnova Design thinking is less applicable because this is about people and systems of people, which SIlicon Valley repeatedly ignores.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
@davidjbland I have my own, even more poorly drawn explanation:pic.twitter.com/3zGAspRuxx
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo -
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
-
@davidjbland@asanwal where is the bubble for problems your bots createThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo -
-
@davidjbland@yipe The second circle is way too big. - End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.