Re: Moral Dilemma

On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:59:36 -0000 (UTC)
"Auric__" <[email protected]> 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.