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blinry
@blinry@chaos.social

Together with @piko@chaos.social, I'd like to pitch an idea to you, and gather some feedback:

The Fedi Matchmaker Bot! A way to get to know your followers better!

You follow a special bot account, and once per week, it will select random pairs, and introduce you to each other. You can then schedule a call or a chat, and get to know each other a bit!

Are there any features that would be important to you? Do you have better name ideas?

And most importantly, would you enjoy participating?

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• Maybe I'd try it? (0)
• Yes! (0)

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blinry
@blinry@chaos.social

This method to build more familiarity and trust in a group is something I know from the @recursecenter@mastodon.social, where it's known as the "coffee chat bot". I've also used it at my Birthday Barcamps, and at the EnthusiastiCon I co-organized in 2020. It can be a bit scary at first, but very rewarding!

Also, get in touch if you'd like to help building this tool! We're just getting started with the concept. :)

blinry
@blinry@chaos.social

We noticed that "matchmaker" is the term used for a marriage broker, or remind people of dating, which is (usually :P) not what we're going for here.

Do you have other name suggestions for a bot that connects you randomly to other fedi accounts that follow the bot, with the goal of having a chat and get to know each other better?

blinry
@blinry@chaos.social

We think we'll be ready for a trial run pretty soon! So we have another question:

Imagine the bot would initially match you once per week. At which time should the bot ideally send out the DMs that you've been matched with another person?

Which downsides/upsides would these different times have for you?

(These might be other times of day for you if you're not in a European timezone.)

blinry
@blinry@chaos.social

We're ready for beta testing!

Turns out that the basic functionality for the Fedi Matchmaker bot didn't take a lot of code to implement.

We're now looking for ~10 beta testers, to gather feedback and prioritize the remaining features!

The bot will match you with another participant every Friday evening. The idea is that you then schedule a call or a chat, and get to know each other a bit!

Send us a DM if you want to be a beta tester! You may drop out any time.

@piko@chaos.social

blinry
@blinry@chaos.social

Here's the Python source code, if you're curious:

https://codeberg.org/Piko/fedi-matchmaker-bot