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  1. Kyklos

    Kyklos Well-Known Member Donor

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    LOL, I noticed last night that at one point there was 75 members online and 73 bots. That's about one bot per member!
     
    Kyklos, Jul 14, 2018
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    Spooky Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Do you know what bots do?
     
    Spooky, Jul 14, 2018
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  3. Kyklos

    Kyklos Well-Known Member Donor

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    It depends on who controls the bots.
     
    Kyklos, Jul 14, 2018
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    Spooky Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So what do you think happens?

    The bots post anti-democrat or anti-republican posts?

    How would those differ from normal users on both sides posting the same things?

    People say that Russia posting a few dozen facebook ads changed the election but they seem to forget that Hillary released far more than that but apparently hers had zero effect?

    That just doesn't make sense does it?

    I actually don't know anyone that doesn't have a political position and simply relies on ads to decide who to vote for.
     
    Spooky, Jul 14, 2018
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  5. Kyklos

    Kyklos Well-Known Member Donor

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    During the last election some boards were hit with massive bot activity, and I know of one that actually shut down. So you are obviously playing down the seriousness of an actual and potential problem. It doesn't make sense because argumentum ad hominem tu quoque is no justification.

    And another problem is how do I know you are not a bot? Therefore, you are ignored--how's that?
     
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    Nightmare515 Ragin' Cajun Staff Member Past Donor

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    Everyone understands that bots do not actually post here correct?

    The members that might happen to disagree with your political opinion and debate with you are actual people, not bots that are placed here to argue with everybody.

    But of course since I am a staff member I would never admit that half the forum are advanced robots capable of formulating arguments and engaging in political conversation....We have to keep the conspiracy going...
     
    Nightmare515, Jul 15, 2018
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    Hoosier8 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Google has bots the scour the web.
     
    Hoosier8, Jul 15, 2018
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  8. Kyklos

    Kyklos Well-Known Member Donor

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    That's good news! I won't worry about it then.
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I do think we have some posters here from other countries playing both sides against the other, but I agree, they are not bots

    bots are not that advanced yet, though the technology is improving, some corporations now use chatbots on their websites to answer questions in their chat, though most pop up suggested responses to their reps for now
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    yes they do, that is how when you search for text of a post it shows up in google search, web crawlers gather much data
     
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    Spooky Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    And?
     
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    Hoosier8 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Most of the bots are info bots.
     
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    I identify as a bot and find this thread offensive.
     
    Ritter, Jul 29, 2018
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    Crownline Banned at Members Request

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    #bot lives matter.
     
    Crownline, Jul 29, 2018
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    Kyklos Well-Known Member Donor

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    No they don't!
     
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    Capitalism Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Weak little bot, one day you may grow into an AC-130 gun ship like myself.
     
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    Capitalism Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    *Crawlers
     
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    Meta777 Moderator Staff Member

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    I think there are bots which are capable of posting threads. (and crawlers of course)
    But as for sticking around and actually holding conversation... probably unlikely.
    Though there are probably also some which are combination of bot and human.
    Aka, cyborg, or bot/human partnership, where the bot part handles some things,
    and the human takes care of stuff that the bot can't do as well, like conversation.

    -Meta
     
    Meta777, Aug 11, 2018
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