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I got the impression the entire thing was pushed by Slack probably by way of some PR firm. I utterly despise how mindlessly faddish this field is. For a field
by api 5y ago
I got the impression the entire thing was pushed by Slack probably by way of some PR firm.
I utterly despise how mindlessly faddish this field is. For a field supposedly so full of smart people who often pride themselves on being "contrarian" (sometimes to a fault), people sure do bleat like sheep when the next fad comes along.
- everdrive 5y agoThis should not be read as a disagreement with anything you’ve said, but smart people are still human. We’re all susceptible to the same flaws, but those flaws are just expressed with more complexity as intelligence increases.
- detaro 5y agoNot sure, but the Slack things are more the "chat as commandline UI" with fixed commands and such, not the kind of bots discussed here that suggest you can actually talk to them, aren't they?
- tdeck 5y agoI think a lot of people wanted it to be true because building a chatbot is way easier than building a full 2-dimensional UI. To the extent that you can get users to use a command-line interface in the 21st century you've made your job as a developer much easier.
- rchaud 5y agoI disagree, but then agian, the only Slack bots I've seen are useful: they provide updates on the status of Jira tickets. Better to see these on Slack than have to use Jira's garbage interface or fill my inbox with status emails.