Re: Moral Dilemma

On 30 Aug 2024 14:52:18 GMT
Julius Bernotas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Angler <[email protected]> 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.