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Commerce · March 21, 2019

The French Beggar Bot

A crowdfunding bot that raises money for a startup

The French Beggar Bot launched on March 21, 2019 with 8 votes, #1,237 of 2,994 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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What it does

A simple bot looking for Paypal donations. The point here is to see if it's possible to use embedded bots on websites to crowdsource donations with conversational design.

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