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  • troll-bots

    From nobody@nobody@yamn.paranoici.org to alt.fan.usenet on Mon Jun 23 03:21:16 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.usenet


    it really does seem like big brother "a.i." is continually scanning active
    usenet newsgroups and in automated response propagating troll-bot routines
    resembling articles posted by the usual suspects . . . always incorrigible
    and perpetually rebranding, repackaging, obfuscating . . . three straight decades of usenet's troll farm and every active newsgroup is awash in them

    fortunately for all non-robotic users, troll-bots are easy to spot and the "ignore"[i] flag is the surest way to minimize their attacks on newsgroups
    (troll bait can be tempting, non-robot responses may help other non-robots
    but in general practice, feeding trolls by replying to them is inadvisable)
    it does seem like troll-bots reply to themselves often, typical troll-tell

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