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 # XKCDAltTextBot
 
-This bot will reply to tweets from [@xkcdComic](https://twitter.com/xkcdComic) with the alt text of XKCD posts. Currently in development.
+This Twitter bot replies to tweets from [@xkcdComic](https://twitter.com/xkcdComic) with the alt text of the most recent XKCD comic.
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+### Example
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+![Example of tweet from @xkcdComic and the reply from @XKCDAltTextBot](https://i.imgur.com/11PR1gm.png)
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+## Implementation
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+This bot will run on the [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com/) platform. More details are coming soon!
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+## Contributing and Forks
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+Feel free to fork this project and modify it for your own Twitter bot. (The license can be found [here](LICENSE).)
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+If you want to contribute to the project, open a pull request with your branch. If your changes modify the core function of the bot, you will need to ensure that it continues to work as expected, and gracefully handles failures.