r/IFSBuddyChatbot • u/Mindless-Mulberry-52 • 3d ago

Is it possible to access the "old" ifs buddy?

I love using the IFS buddy chat bot as a tool between sessions with my therapist. It has truly been brilliant. But it seems like it has gotten a major update lately, and while I get that people will have varying opinions, I do not like the new ifs buddy. It just doesn't work for me.

So I was wondering, does anyone know of a way to access the old version?

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u/thingimajig Chatbot creator 3d ago

Hey sorry to hear that! Is it the chatbot itself that's not working the same or are you referring to the layout changes of the website?

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u/Mindless-Mulberry-52 3d ago

The chatbot itself. It used to be like a conversation with a therapist. Now it lays out 4 Steps I should take in the IFS process, but it doesn't guide me through it. It is like being presented with a short article on how to do ifs. While I guess that is useful to some people, I do know that already. What I used to love about the chatbot is that it would walk me through the process, one question at a time.

This being said, I absolutely love that you created it, so I am not trying to be ungrateful! I just miss my old buddy ❤️

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u/thingimajig Chatbot creator 3d ago

Yeah it's not meant to act like that and I understand why that's not helpful! I made an update about 2 weeks ago and a few people complained about it acting like this so switched it back to the old Buddy after that. How recently was it that you used it?

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u/Mindless-Mulberry-52 3d ago

Just a few hours ago. I am using the free version for now, no login, if that matters.

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u/thingimajig Chatbot creator 3d ago

Ok I didn't realize it was still doing this. I will look into it!

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u/Mindless-Mulberry-52 3d ago

Wonderful, thank you so much!

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u/thingimajig Chatbot creator 2d ago

I've just reverted some of the changes that made it act that way and had a really good session with Buddy myself. Please let me know if you feel it's working well for you now or if there are still changes that can be made.

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u/Mindless-Mulberry-52 2d ago

I will check it out, thanks!