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http://www.clivebot.com/

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fiatjaf• 10 years ago

Is there an example somewhere? I would be interested in seeing this working if possible, but not in actually using it. I don't use Slack or have a Slack account.

mlchild• 10 years ago

Right now we have it set up to create live chats between Slack teams, but if you're interested in a web-hosted version of the chat, that's good to know for our next feature to work on!

extra88• 10 years ago

Interesting. I think your instructions could be more clear.

@clivebot: follow <<team name>> I think this starts receiving from the specified team. Do both teams have to have the same channel name? How do you stop it, "nofollow?"

@clivebot: go live I think this starts transmitting you team's entries in the channel. Do other teams have to use the follow command or do they automatically receive from any team following them? I guess the follow command is necessary if you're thinking of this like live blogging where the blogger wouldn't want to see everything written by the audience. Again, how do you stop it?

Can a team have clivebot be active in more than one channel?

I don't know about the one-way live blogging aspect but I could see Slack adding two-way inter-team channels as a non-free feature.

jameswilsterman• 10 years ago

Thanks for checking out clivebot! I appreciate the feedback and agree we need to make the instructions clearer going forward.

@clivebot: follow [team_name] — This is equivalent to 'following' someone in Twitter, except in this case, you are following an entire Slack team. Once you follow that Slack team, you will be automatically notified whenever that team starts a live-blog.

@clivebot: go live — You're right that this starts transmitting everything your team writes in the channel. Other teams have to follow your Slack team first (as described above) in order for them to receive your live-blog.

@clivebot: stop — This is the command to end your live-blog. You can also use this same command to mute other teams if they are currently live-blogging.

Clivebot can be added to any channel but can only "go live" from the #live channel you chose when you installed.

Clivebot does allow for two-way inter-team Slacking. After you "go live", say @clivebot invite [team_name] to let another Slack team join the live-blog with you. It's kind of trippy actually.

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