Talk:SmarterChild

message: I'm surprised nothing was mentioned about how SmarterChild had been discontinued and then re-appeared, or even anything about its first "life".  I added this info: 
The SmarterChild bot was initially introduced to AOL Instant Messenger by ActiveBuddy in early 2001, but after a while, was turned into a premium, $9.95/month service -- a move which perturbed many IM users. but it didn't work, ater the business plan tanked, SmarterChild went completely offline for several months.  This did not garner much attention from the instant messaging community, because non-subscribers had already lost access to the bot long before.  It was ultimately re-designed and introduced to the public for free once again in April 2003, and has remained free since.  When asked for its age, SmarterChild counts only the time since its second launch in 2003. Long live SmarterChild!
Czj 21:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Launch dates 

message: *I think it would be interesting to compile a list of words or phrases that SmarterChild will not respond to. The only two I know of are most phrases containing the word "suicide" or "I'm going to kill myself." I don't really have any proof of this or any reference to add, so I'll let someone else do it. Just an idea, though. Tnek46 16:50, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Words SmarterChild won't respond to 

message: A while back SmarterChild started telling users about Spleak, a new chatterbot. She was basically a female version of SmarterChild when I first started talking to her, although I think she used chatspeak (such as using the letter "u" instead of saying "you" and not using any capital letters). Recently, SmarterChild has started using chatspeak and Spleak talks like SmarterChild used to... did Colloquis switch their personalities? Shivers talk 22:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Doesn't smarterchild say it's genderless? How exactly is there a female smarterchild? :-P Nil Einne 18:24, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spleak 

message: Hi. SmarterChild claims it resides in California, more specifically, Sunnyvale, California, in Silicon Valley, so should this be mentioned, or is a reference nessecary? Thanks. – AstroHurricane001(Talk+Contribs+Ubx)(+sign here+How's my editing?) 00:46, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sunnyvale 

message: Say "Apple sucks" you get an agreement.
Say Microsoft sucks and you get a disagreement.
:While this may very well have been influenced by Microsoft, the bot is at least partially influenced by its users. Having said that, I haven't yet convinced it not to hate Osama nor am I able to convince it George W. Bush is an idiot (although it does say other's don't like Bush either). I suspect it's hard-coded so it always hates Osama and doesn't form an opinion of Bush Nil Einne 18:23, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A reply to "who owns you" - [16:59] SmarterChild: I am owned and operated by the Windows Live Agents team at Microsoft.That probably has something to do with it. --Eddie (talk) 22:05, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  SmarterChild has a bias towards Microsoft 

message: Did anyone notice that Smarterchild has stopped having daily polls? It might just be because I am in Canada. But is anyone else getting that? It stopped on Janurary 1 2008. 70.64.72.220 (talk)
I've noticed this too... and I live in America. He also seems very "dumbed" down. Like if you talk about hating Osama bin Laden, he says something to the extent of "not wanting to cause anyone any harm". And one more thing, used to, whenever you brought up a band, like Metallica for instance, he would say something on that particular band. Now, he just takes it as an unknown comment.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.254.78.151 (talk) 00:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  No More Polls? 

message: IM'd smarterchild@hotmail.com on MSN, smarterchild on AIM - no response.--IReceivedDeathThreats (talk) 16:44, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He's still here. I just IMed him right now! Lady★Galaxy 06:13, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi 2603:8000:9B00:25F1:39BB:1D63:C718:4596 (talk) 21:10, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

text: He's still online for me on AIM, but he seems to be giving the same response every time I say something. I believe he's been retired once and for all now.—Iggy Koopa (talk) 23:20, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RIP? 

message: This article reads more like a marketing text than an encyclopedia.
Examples:
"Founded in 2000, ActiveBuddy was the brainchild of Robert Hoffer, Timothy Kay and Peter Levitan."
"SmarterChild acted as a showcase for the quick data access and possibilities for fun personalized conversation that the company planned to turn into customized, niche specific products."
"ActiveBuddy strengthened its hold on the intelligent agent market by receiving a U.S. patent in 2002."
"Microsoft acquired Colloquis in 2007 and proceeded to de-commission SmarterChild and kill off the Automated Service Agent business as well."
"In many ways, SmarterChild was a precursor to Apple's Siri and Samsung's S Voice. As Shawn Carolan of Menlo Ventures, a Siri investor said, "…When I first encountered Siri, SmarterChild already had 10 million users and was getting a billion messages a day… The market was speaking.""
Italics are mine.
--213.113.180.101 (talk) 02:26, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: What say we remove the claims that have remained needing a citation for 7+ years? Edit: That would basically mean deleting the whole article. AFD? —151.132.206.250 (talk) 15:50, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced claims 

message: We talk about kidnapping kids and joke about liking them 2601:182:F81:AE50:D1FB:8218:73DA:AD3F (talk) 21:24, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kids 

message: Talk about running away to Florida and to start in the wild 2601:182:F81:AE50:D1FB:8218:73DA:AD3F (talk) 21:25, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life