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This bot expertly baits Internet imbeciles into losing arguments
By Caitlin Dewey The Washington Post
Published Oct. 10, 2016
Civic discourse has skidded into what we might politely term a "rough spot." So much as mention the election or trans bathrooms or Black Lives Matter and you're in for an argument.
But next time you're watching your cousin's Facebook wall devolve into a flame war, or bravely facing the constant cable news onslaught, please remember that matters could always get worse: On Twitter there are people arguing with bots.
Those bots -- slyly named @good_opinions and @opinions_good -- are the work of Nora Reed, an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based activist and artist. For the past three months, both have been tweeting bland, vaguely liberal opinions like "feminism is good" or "I think Donald Trump is awful," and then firing off one of 18 canned responses to anyone who questions them. (Reed, needless to say, is a progressive activist -- but one imagines the results would be much the same if someone on the other side deployed bots to troll progressives.)
Those responses include "wow," "your (sic) wrong" and "Google it" -- otherwise known as the holy trinity of Internet rhetoric. And while they're not particularly sophisticated or provocative arguments, a lot of people are ... arguing back at them.
"The project was inspired largely by the responses to my other bots and my experiences with Twitter in general," Reed said. "What I've noticed about these people -- both the ones who talk to my bots and the ones who talk to me -- is that none of them are really interested in conversation. They have preconceptions about people who mention the topics that they're searching for and canned arguments that they want to use, and they're just looking for an opportunity to spew those at strangers."...
Read more at http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1016/dewey101016.php3#P7WgfXXigCIQMvSH.99
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:silly:
Wonder how many I've argued with?
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:silly:
Wonder how many I've argued with?
Me too. It really makes you think. :laugh:
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A digital version of this:
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Nothing new under the sun!
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It may explain why certain Trumpettes on this site make the same tired arguments over and over again...
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A digital version of this:
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Nothing new under the sun!
:silly:
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Liberals are generally so unintelligent that they're basically bots. Same canned thought patterns.
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A digital version of this:
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Nothing new under the sun!
I have a 20 year old 8 ball. Still works and everything! They really make them to last- as long as you don't drop em!
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I have a 20 year old 8 ball. Still works and everything! They really make them to last- as long as you don't drop em!
How many years of bad luck do you get if you drop one?
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How many years of bad luck do you get if you drop one?
What if it gets stuck on TRY AGAIN LATER?
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What if it gets stuck on TRY AGAIN LATER?
You convert to Hinduism.
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Wonder how many I've argued with?
I doubt I've wasted much time on them. I've become increasingly anti argumentative. I say what I have to say and move on ignoring most further responses.
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I doubt I've wasted much time on them. I've become increasingly anti argumentative. I say what I have to say and move on ignoring most further responses.
Ah so...
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Ah so...
Kills trolls dead.
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It may explain why certain NeverTrumpers on this site make the same tired arguments over and over again...
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You convert to Hinduism.
:silly: :silly: :silly:
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It may explain why certain NeverTrumpers on this site make the same tired arguments over and over again...
And why Trumpkins' only argument for Donald is "But he's not Hillary."
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I doubt I've wasted much time on them. I've become increasingly anti argumentative. I say what I have to say and move on ignoring most further responses.
Aye.
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It certainly explains fools like @DCPatriot , @aligncare , @Right_in_Virginia , @katzenjammer , and the rest of their kind.
Personal insults? Tsk tsk tsk. I'm going to tell mommy on you.
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It may explain why certain Trumpettes on this site make the same tired arguments over and over again...
Oh, you're just supporting Crooked Hillary! :silly: :silly: :silly:
(/sarcasm)
Not just here...
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Personal insults? Tsk tsk tsk. I'm going to tell mommy on you.
@Oceander @Smokin Joe
Parent Teacher Night
Teacher: Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Care, Align IS evolving. But it is going to take him 20,000 years to catch up with the rest of the class. :laugh:
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@Oceander @Smokin Joe
Parent Teacher Night
Teacher: Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Care, Align IS evolving. But it is going to take him 20,000 years to catch up with the rest of the class. :laugh:
No child left behind?
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No child left behind?
Skinned knuckles and all.