Showtime’s Shameless Attempt at a Facebook Messenger Bot

The bot enables Showtime to engage with fans in fun ways that mimic the tone of Shameless

A new Messenger bot from Showtime is Shameless about providing no customer service whatsoever.

That’s not a knock on the bot: It wasn’t created for that purpose.

Showtime said the four main messages it typically receives via Facebook Messenger are:

  • When is Shameless coming back?
  • Where is Mickey?
  • Where is Shameless?
  • Sentiments of love for the show.

The bot responds to those, as well as offering quizzes; providing deep links into Showtime’s streaming service bringing users directly to episodes, character profiles and alerts; and even recipes.

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