XPost: news.groups, alt.cyberpunk   
   From: jolly@fisher.men   
      
   On 30 Aug 2024 14:52:18 GMT   
   Julius Bernotas  wrote:   
      
   > Angler  writes:   
   >   
   > >A long time ago some really nasty trolls were verbally abusing me in   
   > >the newsgroups. I figured right quick that any response would only   
   > >lead to more abuse so I stopped posting to the groups and I went my   
   > >merry way.   
   >   
   > >But before I left I set up a GPT-style bot to autopost to the groups   
   > >each time they reply to my bot posts. After nearly two years later I   
   > >opened the groups in a news reader to discover that the same trolls   
   > >had been responding to the bot posts all that time. They were still   
   > >going at it with their abuse of the bot. The retards are oblivious.   
   >   
   > >I have a moral dilemma. I feel a bit guilty, knowing that my bot has   
   > >wasted what probably amounts to dozens of hours of their pathetic   
   > >lives reading and responding to my bot posts.   
   >   
   > >Should I pull the plug on the bot?   
   >   
   > >Or should I set the bot to use more aggressive phrases and get   
   > >popcorn?   
   >   
   > That depends. Without knowing the content of the conversations the   
   > trolls have had it's difficult to respond. Is the behavior of the   
   > trolls by any chance evolving in a positive way along the   
   > conversation?   
      
   I had time to look around the newsgroups again. The trolls continue   
   their verbal abuse and filth unabated and they have ramped it up a bit.   
   It looks like at least four of them are sock puppets for the same troll.   
      
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