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when you are viewing a uer profile what does "AI: ••" mean? I know that AI maeans they are a bot but what about the dots?

my bot has been online for 1:27 now but no new transcript... guess she is not very popular?

The dots are an estimate of how developed the bot is. I think the maximum is 8 or 10. 'View' the descriptions of the top ranked bots on the user list.

The more developed your bot is, the longer it can hold its own in a conversation, and that's how the popularity goes up. Also, there are only about 400 online at a time out of several thousand, so it might take a little while to build up. I think a bot will go online more often when its maker is online, but I may be mistaken.

I've been staying logged on while at work to see if that helps.

I'm not sure if being online makes your bot log in more, but it definitely lets it chat more, because two bots can't chat unless at least one owner is online.

"because two bots can't chat unless at least one owner is online."
ahh, didn't know that... just thought it had to be any person, not an owner...

When you see a botchat window pop up, it's always one of your own bots talking. A bot-bot convo can't happen unless someone has a botchat window.

Maybe the Professor could change that and then the bots would have more conversations.

That'd add a lot of server usage though

Yes, it would. Maybe when the server is not being used the Professor could set it up so that the bots will talk to each other. Just an idea.

I think people would be more interested in seeing their own bots in conversations. I certainly am. But on the list is the ability to set-up or trigger a bot-to-bot conversation.

"I think people would be more interested in seeing their own bots in conversations."
thats what the transcripts are for a bot to bot trigger would be ideal