People were turned off by the text-only gopher and related protocols. It improved and we now have the modern web. Messenger-style chatbots abound today. They'r

People were turned off by the text-only gopher and related protocols. It improved and we now have the modern web. Messenger-style chatbots abound today. They're everywhere. As well, you have Twitter and Youtube bots that are the grown up version of the irc bots from days gone by.