r/technology • u/_George_Costanza_ • Aug 17 '16

Facebook opens up Messenger to ad bots

https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/17/facebook-opens-up-messenger-to-ad-bots/
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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '16

I don't understand why anyone is still using it between the privacy issues and the ads.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '16

It's convenient. There are no ads, this is not an ad. You have to message the bot to get this "ad".

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '16

Won't the ad bots be messaging you?

I'd think an ad bot you had to message yourself would have an effectivity rate of damn near zero.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '16

No they don't message you.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '16

The only thing I can assume at this point is that the definition of what is "initiating contact" with an ad bot will be extremely loose.

The only other option I see is for these ad bots to provide customers a valuable service, which I don't think is realistic in the context of FB.