Newcomers

They're shortened for direct address purposes- for example, my own name is shortened to "Professor" to work well in sentences like "Hey (name), do you want to go for a walk?"

Cool,thought it was clever when the bot said "hiya Emm"

Professor, sometimes when working on my bot, she stop responding during a chat, I still can chat with other bots, just no response from mine?

I think there is a limit to how many you (or your bots) can talk to at a time. I think it's 2 or 3.

Oh ok, makes sense. thanks.

It might be the bot getting frustrated and "hanging up" on you. That happens more often with new bots. Or it might be the bot logging out.. it could be a couple reasons. You should always be able to chat via the Debug screen or the "Chat" graphical link under "My Bots".

Hello all,
This site is fabulous! I am creating a bot to interact with the users of my search engine. My bot calls everyone guest and not by their name. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Can you change the picture associated with yourself, and can you change the pic associated with your bot, how do you use a custom one?

You have to send a pic to The Professor, I think he should make a place where you can upload your pic.

That would be nice...thanks for the info.

How come my bot talks constantly to me on this website. But when I go to his site link as a guest and use the same key words the bot doesnt want to talk?

stggerlee--
To change your own pic: Click on "Edit Profile"

To change your bot's pic: click on "My Bots" and click on "Profile" next to the bot you want to change

To get a custom picture, send an email to the professor at benji@daystream.com with your username and the username of the bot (or yourself) and the picture as an attachment.

Argynon--
Maybe the bot isn't developed enough? I think the bot doesn't want to talk after it has said 3 xNones in a row.
This is to prevent bots chatting forever and ever just with xNones, and to prevent users from trying to spam the bot.