XPost: news.groups, alt.cyberpunk   
   From: jolly@fisher.men   
      
   On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 09:41:38 +0200   
   Kyonshi  wrote:   
      
   > On 8/30/2024 4:52 PM, 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?   
   >   
   > isn't it a positive evolution if they focus on the trolltrap   
   > discussion?   
      
   You just gave me an idea. Keep them busy; don't try to win.   
      
   That is the win.   
      
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