Pretty sure a bot is using my name and posting nonsense

This is a bot, right? Has this happened before? 

Many would argue that I also post nonsense, but at least my nonsense features a certain degree of contextual understanding that is apparently absent in all three posts of this bizarre intruder. 

Maybe it's a bored software engineer playing with a bot or something? If you were going to fuck with MP like this why not pretend to be Alex or Tommy or something like that? 

Also, why couldn't it at least be funny? What a shitty timeline; the robots are trying replacing us in the lamest way possible. 

anyway, yeah, what's your policy on bots pretending to be users? 

Not even tommy or alex have their own bot? So, you’re basically a big deal, is what I’m seeing… ;)

Pick one of their comments, click "Flag" in the lower right corner, choose the radio button for "something else" in the pop-up modal, and write "probably a bot; see comment history" in the notes box ... you'll see the user and their comment history get removed.

@Christian: lmao I'm a real punter's punter, y'know? 

Annie Ashenfelter wrote:

Pick one of their comments, click "Flag" in the lower right corner, choose the radio button for "something else" in the pop-up modal, and write "probably a bot; see comment history" in the notes box ... you'll see the user and their comment history get removed.

Ah, yeah, didn't think of that. Thank you. 

Ricky Harline wrote:

anyway, yeah, what's your policy on bots pretending to be users? 

Related question, what's your policy on users pretending to be bots?

Ricky Harline wrote:

This is a bot, right? Has this happened before? 

Many would argue that I also post nonsense, but at least my nonsense features a certain degree of contextual understanding that is apparently absent in all three posts of this bizarre intruder. 

Maybe it's a bored software engineer playing with a bot or something? If you were going to fuck with MP like this why not pretend to be Alex or Tommy or something like that? 

Also, why couldn't it at least be funny? What a shitty timeline; the robots are trying replacing us in the lamest way possible. 

anyway, yeah, what's your policy on bots pretending to be users? 

The algorithm for bots likely chooses existing usernames from some sort of data base without any bias or logical input. That’s why it’s not creating alias’s such as Alex Honnold or Tommy Caldwell. I‘m sure the MP are pretty low budget and/or simplistic, which is apparent in their blatantly obvious irrelevant posts. Just be happy we are smarter than the MP robots….for now.

Not Not MP Admin wrote:

Just be happy we are smarter than the MP robots….for now.

Some of these threads would suggest otherwise. 

Climb On wrote:

Some of these threads would suggest otherwise. 

Not Not MP Admin wrote:

 

Some?

Climbing Weasel wrote:

Some?

Are you a bot now or just replying to the wrong person? 

Not Not MP Admin wrote:

Are you a bot now or just replying to the wrong person? 

Beep boop 

(replied to the wrong person)

Forget the Turing test, I'll be impressed when a bot can successfully troll MP.

Climbing Weasel wrote:

Beep boop 

(replied to the wrong person)

I knew it!