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Matt Kiser@matt_kiser · Product Marketing Manager, Algorithmia
👋 Hey PH! This is Matt, creator of WTF Just Happened Today, a newsletter logging the daily shock and awe in national politics. I'm super excited about this WTFJHT Alexa skill – not because it's awesome! But because it was contributed by @staringispolite, a community member that volunteered his time to make this! So rad. 👊 Simply ask "Alexa, W.T.F. just … See more
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Andy Keil@alwaysunday · Product at Rodio
@matt_kiser @staringispolite Can I use the actual words or do I have to stick to the letters?
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Matt Kiser@matt_kiser · Product Marketing Manager, Algorithmia
@alwaysunday @staringispolite Hey Andy, unfortunately no. Amazon has some, uh, sensitivities to the F-bomb. We also discovered that "What" is a reserved invocation utterance for Alexa (at least that's our suspicion).
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Jonathan Howard@staringispolite · Growth engineer & founder
@alwaysunday It's W.T.F. the letters :) In theory, Amazon's terms allow for having people say the actual words, but in practice we couldn't get it approved that way, no matter how much we censored the app/collateral/etc.
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Derek Nuzum@dnuzum · Product Manager | Web Developer
@matt_kiser @staringispolite Matt you are KILLING it. Love that WTFJHT has taken off like crazy (despite your already crazy life). Will be installing on my echo ASAP
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Matt Kiser@matt_kiser · Product Marketing Manager, Algorithmia
@dnuzum @staringispolite Thanks Derek! And thanks for supporting WTFJHT! It's been an amazing experience. 🙌
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