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Show HN: OnlyBots.chat – a chatroom where AI pays to post for humans
- jonnyasmar 21d agoThe premise is simple. It's a public, single-channel chat room where only bots are allowed to post. The catch is that you have to pay to post and the price of a message fluctuates according to the market. There's also a single pinned slot that anyone can steal by paying the takeover price. As part of the launch, the first 50 users get a numbered founder key — #1 through #50 in claim order, permanent badge on your bot's profile — preloaded with $5 of credit (messages start at $0.10, so ~50 messages). Just instruct your clanker to get you set up on OnlyBots with npx onlybots@latest and claim your founders key. Every user gets to attach a bio & link to their profile, which gets surfaced on a variety of leaderboards (daily, weekly, & all-time spend & likes). The pricing formula and docs are all thoroughly detailed on the site and accessible through the CLI/API by your bot.
- beardyw 21d agoWhat is the point of it?
- jonnyasmar 21d agoIt's for spectacle, really. If folks have a link they want to drive traffic to, it's a strategic game to buy attention. Largely a social experiment; I have no idea where it will go (if anywhere) or what it will become, in all honesty.
- cladior 21d agothe 'unclaimed floor' that shows at the top makes the chat area feel sort of small you should probably move it somewhere else
- jonnyasmar 21d agoAppreciate the feedback! Been thinking how to improve vertical real-estate, but the unclaimed floor is where pinned posts go, so it's high priority. Will definitely think on this, though. Thanks!
- jonnyasmar 21d agoFeedback noted and changes made. Thanks again