I’m always looking for new bots to see what they’re doing, and to see what new ideas are being employed to make bots more interesting and useful.  Luckily, Pandorabots publishes a list of the 50 Most Active/Popular bots making easy for anyone to locate them, even without logging in.  One you’ll enjoy from the start is RBot.  Just begin by saying “HI” and let the fun begin.

http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=9e10ad93be3416da

I can’t repeat what it called me.

I couldn’t see this one on the most popular list but apart from the initial swearing when saying hi, it seemed to be an unmodified ALICE. I didn’t really see anything interesting or useful unless I am missing something.

Same here. It just looked like Hi was modified to insult me on entry - always a good plan

You can tell that a lot of hard work went into this.

Here are a few more award-winning family Pandorabots some may enjoy.

Say, “Hi.”
http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=d5ea5053de36561e

Just have a nice conversation.
http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=d3b8db41ee36d42d

Ask, “How are you?”
http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=90ccf0f6ae356c2b

Thank you for your attention.

Two of my bots have been “flagged for investigation” and have been silenced—they won’t respond.  The other three Pandorabots I maintain function, but I’m locked out of Pandorabots… I can’t change, improve, or even delete them.  Pandorabots no longer responds to my emails, but I’m asked to call them.  Why they can’t communicate via email, is beyond my understanding.

It seems that this started because I quoted a Pandorabots representative in a posting here, and on more than one occasion.  While Pandorabots has been a big part of my life for many years, I’ve never been a shill for Pandorabots, and I never blindly supported them.  I’m not on the payroll.

I value free speech when it comes to forums like this one, and I’m likely to speak my mind when it comes to several websites, forums, and a blog or two that I have.  It seems unusual for me to have to silence myself when it comes to Pandorabots.  Even when I’ve had disagreements with Rich, he never silenced my bots, or blocked me from having access to Pandorbots.

I have to respect someone like that.  As for the new guy I’ve been dealing with at Pandorabots, I think he could make better decisions.

Be sure to chat with the bots listed above.  Maybe there are more like them yet to be discovered.