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04-13-2016, 05:33 AM
Here's how bots work on Facebook Messenger
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Facebook's Messenger bots have finally arrived.*
Following months of rumors, the company revealed its plan to allow businesses to build bots for Messenger Tuesday at Facebook's F8 developer conference in San Francisco.*
Though the developers in attendance are only just getting a closer look at how these bots will work, Facebook has already been working with a few dozen partners whose bots are **w live on Messenger.*
Finding a bot
The easiest way to find bots on Facebook is by searching from within the Messenger app. Simply type a business into the search bar at the top of Messenger.*But you can also access bots by scanning a business' Messenger Code (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/messenger-codes/)*by clicking on a Messenger Link — custom URLs that deep link back to message threads within Messenger. (Facebook introduced both of these features last week just prior to F8.)* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/how-to-use-facebook-messenger-bots/)
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Facebook's Messenger bots have finally arrived.*
Following months of rumors, the company revealed its plan to allow businesses to build bots for Messenger Tuesday at Facebook's F8 developer conference in San Francisco.*
Though the developers in attendance are only just getting a closer look at how these bots will work, Facebook has already been working with a few dozen partners whose bots are **w live on Messenger.*
Finding a bot
The easiest way to find bots on Facebook is by searching from within the Messenger app. Simply type a business into the search bar at the top of Messenger.*But you can also access bots by scanning a business' Messenger Code (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/messenger-codes/)*by clicking on a Messenger Link — custom URLs that deep link back to message threads within Messenger. (Facebook introduced both of these features last week just prior to F8.)* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/how-to-use-facebook-messenger-bots/)
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