Quote from: kurious on May 19, 2018, 05:28:49 PM

Quote from: Anon136 on May 18, 2018, 05:31:46 PM

Quote from: kurious on May 18, 2018, 05:21:22 PM

Quote from: Globb0 on May 18, 2018, 10:03:56 AM

I have been reporting them. I hope they find a common formula or something that gives away the posts.

He suggested I just report them to the local Mod for passing on - so I don't think they've actually got a system in place yet.

It is starting to be needed, but my real fear is that as the tech gets better it will be hellish - but they will have already let the bots in. At the moment it's a post every couple of pages, soon every few posts... Eventually you will strain your eyes wondering which post (if any) is written by a carbon-based life-form!

This is just a tiny tiny fraction of a much bigger problem that is coming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvbHu_bVa_g The machines will intrude into our lives more and more until we don't even know what is real anymore in any of life's domains, until eventually we become irrelevant, and then we will wish for the days that we mattered enough for them to want to intrude Cheesy

Either way, it get's a lot worse before it gets better, if it ever gets better at all.

You're probably right, but in terms of this place, isn't it full of people who are totally into cutting edge technology who might be able to work out a way to mitigate the bot spam before we all get so pissed off we don't bother anymore? I hope Theymos isn't so rich he won't want to fight to keep this sandbox going fro us to play in.

We might get into trouble if we can't play safely in here...

Sure I agree with all of that. But to me it's a bit like complaining about a little wave that just splashed salt water in your mouth when there is a clearly visible tsunami approaching from over the horizon. Maybe a bad analogy since tsunamis make the water recede... But what the hell, I'm sticking with it. I just can't muster the energy to care when thinking about it makes me think about the million times more terrifying beast it is a tiny tiny part of.