• Moral Dilemma

    From Angler@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 29 15:13:53 2024
    XPost: alt.cyberpunk, alt.2600.hackers

    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?

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  • From Auric__@21:1/5 to Angler on Fri Aug 30 05:59:36 2024
    XPost: alt.cyberpunk, alt.2600.hackers

    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?

    --
    Bob-omb is the cutest little suicide bomber this side of Tehran.

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  • From rek2 hispagatos@21:1/5 to Angler on Fri Aug 30 13:36:03 2024
    XPost: alt.cyberpunk, alt.2600.hackers

    ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.2600.hackers.]
    On 2024-08-29, Angler <jolly@fisher.men> 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?


    Well, as you can see in the groups you posted, there if there was before
    any trolls, they are not any now, google groups is gone,(good) a lot of
    trolls desisted and many new people.
    Do you want the new people to get annoyed and leave? or engange in
    good conversations?


    Happy Hacking
    ReK2

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  • From Julius Bernotas@21:1/5 to Angler on Fri Aug 30 14:52:18 2024
    XPost: alt.cyberpunk, alt.2600.hackers

    Angler <jolly@fisher.men> 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?

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  • From Angler@21:1/5 to Julius Bernotas on Mon Nov 25 04:02:15 2024
    XPost: alt.cyberpunk, alt.2600.hackers

    On 30 Aug 2024 14:52:18 GMT
    Julius Bernotas <gaussianblue@tilde.pink> wrote:

    Angler <jolly@fisher.men> 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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  • From Angler@21:1/5 to Kyonshi on Mon Nov 25 04:02:34 2024
    XPost: alt.cyberpunk, alt.2600.hackers

    On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 09:41:38 +0200
    Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 8/30/2024 4:52 PM, Julius Bernotas wrote:
    Angler <jolly@fisher.men> 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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  • From Angler@21:1/5 to not.my.real@email.address on Mon Nov 25 04:03:55 2024
    XPost: alt.cyberpunk, alt.2600.hackers

    On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:59:36 -0000 (UTC)
    "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> 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.

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  • From validator@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 25 11:30:05 2024
    XPost: alt.cyberpunk, alt.2600.hackers

    29.08.24 | 20:13, Angler <jolly@fisher.men>:
    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.

    Could you please share this script or at least write what application (inside this bot) you used to post? I would like to write a similar script, but for downloading and summarizing threads.

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