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VintageKrug - 13/02/2012 09:04 GMT

It seems we have an intelligent Bot on our hands.

It's been lingering for several days now, and has already been highlighted by me and others:

http://www.businesstraveller.com/members/johnsmith6

If you take a look at previous posts they do look automated, bearing in mind these things are quite sophisticated and can pick up context from previous posts to appear to make a vaguely related contribution.

It's time to wipe this Bot from the forum!


LeTigre - 13/02/2012 09:09 GMT

That took you so long...


BusinessTraveller - 13/02/2012 09:14 GMT

The account and posts have now been removed from the site.


LuganoPirate - 13/02/2012 09:43 GMT

Forgive my ignorance, but what's a "Bot"?


VintageKrug - 13/02/2012 09:49 GMT

http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/bot

They're quite impressive; you can have whole conversations with them these days!






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