XPost: news.groups, alt.2600.hackers   
   From: jolly@fisher.men   
      
   On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:59:36 -0000 (UTC)   
   "Auric__"  wrote:   
      
   > Angler wrote:   
   >   
   > > 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?   
   >   
   > Do you really need to ask?   
      
   I don't like feeling guilty for fooling someone. But I also hate trolls   
   who love abusing people. Quite an ambivalent state for me.   
      
   On one hand I want to annoy the trolls. But then what does it cost me?   
   Does my humanity diminish to their level?   
      
   If nobody does anything then nothing changes.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)