{"id":2597,"date":"2016-04-13T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T03:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/13\/facebook-messenger-bots-are-here-and-they-want-to-kill-apps\/"},"modified":"2016-04-13T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T03:45:46","slug":"facebook-messenger-bots-are-here-and-they-want-to-kill-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/13\/facebook-messenger-bots-are-here-and-they-want-to-kill-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Messenger bots are here and they want to kill apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As predicted<\/a>, developers can now build bots<\/a> inside Facebook Messenger.<\/p>\n

The announcement was one of the highlights of Facebook\u2019s jam-packed F8<\/a> schedule and it further proves what many have been predicting for a long time, bots are the future.<\/p>\n

Right now, the bots that are available are more limited \u2013 and the discovery process isn\u2019t perfect \u2013 but it\u2019s clear now, more than ever, that bots make a lot of sense.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, Messenger\u2019s bot strategy speaks to a few realities of modern computing and communication.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t make me talk to you on the phone<\/b><\/h2>\n

Like many millenials<\/a>, I don\u2019t spend a lot of time on the phone. I talk to sources and companies for my job, but most of my personal communication takes place through text (or if I\u2019m feeling especially outgoing, Snapchat). Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More about F8<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, Bots<\/a>, and Tech<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As predicted, developers can now build bots inside Facebook Messenger. The announcement was one of the highlights of Facebook\u2019s jam-packed F8 schedule and it further proves what many have been predicting for a long time, bots are the future. Right … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1798,1797,851,725],"class_list":["post-2597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-bots","tag-f8","tag-facebook","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}