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   troll-bots   
   23 Jun 25 01:36:16   
   
   From: nobody@yamn.paranoici.org   
      
   it really does seem like big brother "a.i." is continually scanning active   
   usenet newsgroups and in automated response propagating troll-bot routines   
   resembling articles posted by the usual suspects . . . always incorrigible   
   and perpetually rebranding, repackaging, obfuscating  . . . three straight   
   decades of usenet's troll farm and every active newsgroup is awash in them   
      
   fortunately for all non-robotic users, troll-bots are easy to spot and the   
   "ignore"[i] flag is the surest way to minimize their attacks on newsgroups   
   (troll bait can be tempting, non-robot responses may help other non-robots   
   but in general practice, feeding trolls by replying to them is inadvisable)   
   it does seem like troll-bots reply to themselves often, typical troll-tell   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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