Bots UX is still the number one problem in this area, so I really want to continue posting here articles about how to make chatbot world a better place for all of us 🌎

Here is an article featuring a very small nuance that makes a huge difference - message delays.

The primary reason why delays exist is so that users have enough time to read a message before another message is displayed, but from my side the most important reason message delays is a “must have”, is to convey personality. And I genuinely believe that it’s a really big deal - let me tell you why.

We’ve recently built a bot for kids audience (from 5 to 10 yrs old) and we have really hacked their behavior by using a very specific technique with message delays. Kids were spending about 15 minutes in a bot and returning 3-4 times. That’s insane and I’ll definitely write an article on Medium explaining the phenomenon. But until that time I highly encourage you to read the article below and start building better and more engaging bots 🤖

https://medium.com/@jindalish/chatbot-building-best-practices-1-message-delays-9fc8eb75e3b6

By the way, @flreln have talked about UX in bots at the “Grand Event about Bots” event in Munich yesterday, so join our public chat (@botcubechat) or message me (@maximabramchuk) to get the link to the keynote, it really worth it ;)