Welcome to the Buzz Chat Bot - buzzchatbot@appspot.com

What does it do?

At the moment it lets you ask for:

help Prints out this message

? Prints out this message

track [search term] Starts tracking the given search term and returns the id for your subscription

untrack [id] Removes your subscription for that id

list Lists all search terms and ids currently being tracked by you

about Tells you which instance of the Buzz Chat Bot you are using

post [some message] Posts that message to Buzz

search [some search term] Searches for that search term on Buzz

Why does it exist?

Jaiku and Friendfeed have shown that chat interfaces have a number of advantages over web interfaces:

they're always on

they're quicker since you can't beat the latency of just switching over to your chat client.

they're transient so you don't feel inundated if you track lots of keywords or see lots of posts because they all just flow by

they encourage statuscasting which makes for a more conversational experience

they allow people and brands to conveniently track keywords without having to learn how PuSH works

Usage: How to use the bot

1. Give the bot access to your Buzz account via the magic of OAuth
2. Add the bot: buzzchatbot@appspot.com to your Chat or IM client
3. Ask the bot for help by typing help