what is owlfred for other than telling me i've asked my first question?

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amistre64 · Answer

the illusion of feeling heard?

amistre64 · Answer

owlfred appears to be an automated response that tells you to hold on while it posts "somebody asked a question" in the chat bax... as if we were all in the chat box lol

anonymous · Answer

he makes me feel like a child when he tells me i asked my first question....
i havent seen a point in him/her/thing/it other than that :|

amistre64 · Answer

yeah, it like the close door button on an elevator; just there to make you feel ....... better?

amistre64 · Answer

tomservo was one attempt they made at trying to get qs answered but it seemed to intimidate people away...

"Hey you! you seem smart enough to answer a question...try it!"

Nothing like having anxiety from a bot lol

anonymous · Answer

yeah the insecurity of owlfred staring at me all the time...

nowhereman · Answer

He does post a message in the Chat about your first question!

shadowfiend · Answer

Hehe. Owlfred is actually a real user! He's our mascot!

He also does the auto-response though. We'll be tweaking how we present that over the next week or so so that it's not actually an auto-response. The purpose is two-fold -- to let you know that there are people coming, and to let you know about the `good answer' button. I'm still not sure it's doing those successfully :p