Eat.Drink.Bot

Hey guys!

We have a bot and I’d appreciate a tech eye looking at it. Let me know if you spot any bugs or have any feature suggestions

https://bot.eatdrinklagos.com

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Looks really good. I like it.

  1. Reviews
  2. Orders and delivery.

Hope that’s not too much. I’ll like this as an app.

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It switches from standard English to Pidgin English quite fast and condescendingly.

I know that’s not really a bug but it really bugs me…

That said, it’s a cool-looking app.

I’d wager that that is actually very similar to how Nigerians talk.

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This is what I have so far

Second trial

Cannot shake this feeling that your bot hates me

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Data is based on our blog so if we haven’t been to places that fit the criteria, there will be no results

There should e something for surulere though,

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  1. If you click on a restaurant, it takes you to Eat Drink Lagos’ review of that restaurant.

  2. Delivery from 150+ restaurants seems like a logistical nightmare.

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There is no restaurant in Surulere that’s that expensive. The algorithm doesn’t show you restaurants that you can eat at for 5k when you said 20k. It’s a range thing.

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Condescendingly? Pray, do explain.

Congrats @Nosaaaa (and @timigod). As they say in Scandinavia, “na from clap dance dey start”. I like the bot a lot and hope that you can now proceed to make it do auto-replies to all the “I have 5k and want to feed my entire extended family to a rare steak in Victoria Island, can you help?” requests you get on Twitter.

Happy New Year BTW!

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“Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill it.”

-Mark Twain

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say that again!

Its really good but I think the algorithms need to become more flexible. Especially at this point:

How much are you willing to spend on one person?

The amount I am willing to spend is definitely going to be the maximum I think I can spend.
If I write in 50k, I would naturally expect it to show restaurants 50k and below
I think the algorithms should be more flexible. If I write in 50k and there are no 50k restaurants, I think other results lower than 50k should be displayed too.

My 2 cents.

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actually, this is an idea. thanks.

@timigod

The Qz vibe. Love love love it.

Totally, totally, love it!

You don’t need a bot to answer three questions. A simple GUI would do a better job.

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the bot makes it more interactive and friendly

Given our audience, I’d say a bot does a better job.

Stupid question, why isn’t this a Twitter bot? Can it be a Twitter bot? Won’t it be more useful there?