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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 9:32:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 9:32:14 GMT Just being nosey, but the multiple posts from the alleged spam bot seem to have gone. Has magnetman had the MI6 'cleaners' come in or is there a more mundane explanation? Rog

Delta9 Administrator Posts: 1,002,932	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 9:40:17 GMT via mobile Mr Stabby, JohnV, and 5 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Delta9 on Feb 24, 2018 9:40:17 GMT I deleted everything posted by the bot.

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Jim Super Member I'm a handsome gutless invertebrate. Posts: 16,018	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 11:15:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Jim on Feb 24, 2018 11:15:34 GMT Aw, now we can't bait the troll! What makes you think it's a bot and not a loony? curious to know, if a bot it was rather sophisticated.
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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 11:23:53 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 11:23:53 GMT It was copying posts from elsewhere automatically. A troll will reappear wouldn't they? I'm not that into techy stuff but I suspect that this was a very unsophisticated program.

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Feb 24, 2018 11:23:53 GMT @someboater said:

It was copying posts from elsewhere automatically. A troll will reappear wouldn't they? I'm not that into techy stuff but I suspect that this was a very unsophisticated program.

There are a gazzillion forums on Proboards to set a bot on, all the same format for logging on, but I suspect this is a human behaving like a bot or a human directed bot. The internet will end up with self learning AI programs talking to and learning from each other with no humans at all. I wonder what world view these bots will end up with if say Foxy is the last human left chatting with them.

naughtyfox Super Member BUSY KILLING CHICKENS! Posts: 36,429	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 12:20:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by naughtyfox on Feb 24, 2018 12:20:47 GMT What are we talking about here? Have I missed all these bots? Can't say I've seen any on TB.
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Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 12:28:14 GMT

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Feb 24, 2018 12:20:47 GMT naughtyfox said:

What are we talking about here? Have I missed all these bots? Can't say I've seen any on TB.

A spambot opened an account yesterday and then copied posts from other forums, a couple from CWDF and a couple from unrelated forums, and posted them on Thunderboat.

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There were a few posts started by "michaelmorin" and they appeared to be copy and pastes of topics on other forums. Each one contained something like "I did not find a solution on the internet" then a link which appeared to be to another forum. Some of the posts were non boat related (how shocking)

Concensus seemed to be that it was a machine.

kris Super Member Posts: 22,554	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 12:36:41 GMT via mobile phil70, JohnV, and 5 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kris on Feb 24, 2018 12:36:41 GMT Thunderboat does better than cwdf where most of the contributers seem to be fairly robotic. At least here the members seem to be reassuringly human.
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Feb 24, 2018 12:36:41 GMT kris said:

Thunderboat does better than cwdf where most of the contributers seem to be fairly robotic. At least here the members seem to be reassuringly human.

Despite one or two being a bit too logical and a little short of actual humanity. I blame machines but that's another topic.

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Mr Stabby Super Member By far the most intelligent of the Thunderboat forum's internet stalkers. Posts: 22,034	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 13:06:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 24, 2018 13:06:24 GMT I suspect there is another bot on Thunderboat as I am seeing repeated posts about steam engines chuffing people to bits and wrist injuries caused during ladies athletic events.
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Jim Super Member I'm a handsome gutless invertebrate. Posts: 16,018	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 13:46:32 GMT via mobile naughtyfox, Mr Stabby, and 4 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Jim on Feb 24, 2018 13:46:32 GMT That would be the twatbot.
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naughtyfox Super Member BUSY KILLING CHICKENS! Posts: 36,429	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 14:16:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by naughtyfox on Feb 24, 2018 14:16:23 GMT That's not bad, Jim. I'm chuffed to bits!
	Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. I hope that I never become famous and someone trawls my contributions on this site looking for the odd post which may be offensive. Force them to pluralise words by putting apostrophes in, then everyone will mock them as imbeciles!

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Spam bot things Feb 24, 2018 14:18:09 GMT via mobile Mr Stabby, JohnV, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 14:18:09 GMT Your not the only one. I pissed my neighbours pants when I read it. All hail the lord of the jokes.