This afternoon I put together this bar chart of the top 25 keywords by their appearance on packages bought by the bot. Note that it is pretty flat and even the most popular keywords only match 5.5% of all the items the bot buys! We buy a lot of very different sorts of items. That said there are clearly some more popular categories like science, legos and cats.
Take a look at this unboxing video from UndefeatableTwilight opening assorted jewelry bought by the bot. Note the trademark challenging packaging and wildly off-base customs description. Sound quality is not great, but it always good to see what the bot is actually sending to people!
This headband the bot has been buying has received nothing but positive feedback. It comes in pretty much every color and has a “super lovely design”.
The bot has ironically been buying this nifty bot-shaped USB convertor, which lets you connect a USB memory stick, a USB memory card reader, or a keyboard to your phone.
The bot has been getting quite a bit of good feedback from folks who have received this robot shaped mold. From the description it sounds like you can use it for anything from ice cubes to chocolates.
I noticed the bot buying quite a few of these and items like it. Note that these aren’t being sold as Lego, but look pretty much identical to them. The actual figures must be marked as something besides Lego.
I came across this short video on YouTube of an actual bobcat, named Bobby, generally confused by being put in a box. Would not want to open!
I have added a few new sites to the bot that require return addresses in order to order a package. Most of these are postcards or sites that specialize in gifts.
I wasn’t quite sure what return address to put. So I have created a new positive keyword ‘Bobcat Returns’. If you login to your account and select the keyword ‘Bobcat Returns’, we’ll use your address as a return address on some of the packages.
This will not change at all what the bot orders for you… but you might get some strange return mail!
Take a look at the below lists I put together of the most common keywords (positive and negative) that have been selected by folks using the bot from different countries. The data are quite noisy, but there are some interesting nuggets.
PS – These are the most common keywords selected through the bot. That is, these are the keywords that participants have told the bot that they want/don’t want. This is not a list of items by the frequency that they have actually been ordered (for example, we have not ordered any ‘nazis’ items for obvious reasons).
Top Positive Keywords (United States)
Top Negative Keywords (United States)
Top Positive Keywords (Australia)
Top Negative Keywords (Australia)
Top Positive Keywords (Canada)
Top Negative Keywords (Canada)
Top Positive Keywords (Ireland)
Top Negative Keywords (Ireland)
Top Positive Keywords (New Zealand)
Top Negative Keywords (New Zealand)
Top Positive Keywords (United Kingdom)
Top Negative Keywords (United Kingdom)
A bonus video from the fine folks at Monday Madness. The final tally…
Adam: finding, pen, spoon
Jonathan: conch, ring, earrings
Neil: bookmark, car sticker, scrunchie
Looks like Jonathan came out on top to me.