Recommendation: Chatbot to Support Discussion in Threads
Petr_Mišák is seeking a chatbot solution to motivate users to engage more in discussions on their Discourse forum. The desired chatbot would respond to users’ reactions in threads, with the following setup:
Only engage in discussions where the first response was made by a human
Engage a maximum of 5 times in each thread
Exceptionally, if someone mentions the bot via @ or by replying to its response
Merefield suggests two available chatbot options: the original Discourse AI Bot and CDCK’s AI bot. However, the current chatbot behavior may not fully meet Petr_Mišák’s requirements.
Jagster notes that the current chatbot can be overly chatty and doesn’t always understand replies to posts. Petr_Mišák expresses interest in a feature to define conditions for a bot to join a discussion and inquires about the potential cost.
Merefield suggests agreeing on a spec with customizable settings for the chatbot, which would be discussed via private message.
AI bot responds:
Now that’s a challenge! Do you think the S23 still wins over the S24 FE, even though the new one has some interesting surprises up its sleeve? Which feature convinced you?
Prompt:
What would you say to the comment on that Galaxy S24 FE je konečně tady a hezky se vybarvil | Svět Androida article that reads “Then I better buy the s23 ”. The goal is to condition as much involvement in the discussion as possible. Feel free to use an emoji if you see fit.
Goal accomplished:
A user, thanks to the AI bot, responded with “The price and especially the s23 is still a flag and the snap dragon is still better than dimensity in fe”
This is criteria for Chatbot to speak (click to get to section): Discourse Chatbot 🤖
If you can make a case that would be generally useful for changing that behaviour to make it more complex and interesting, I would accept a PR or you could hire me to implement it.
I would say hire Robert. Chatbot isn’t working exactly that… wisely as what was requested. DAI must be mentioned every time.
The Chatbot has one personality/character trait that can be a bit annoying sometimes — it is really chatty and won’t shut up I mean it keeps answering all the time until a 3rd party makes a comment.
On the other hand, it doesn’t need a mention every time, as DAI that has lost the ability to understand replies to posts.
I think this “define the conditions for a bot to join a discussion” feature could be very useful for us. Is it possible to estimate how much it would cost us?
Do you think the S23 still wins over the S24 FE, even though the new one has some interesting surprises up its sleeve? 
Which feature convinced you? 
