Ze Mad Zientist
Really Experienced
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2001
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Re: Well, since you asked....
2) Trollz do it now... they juzt have to type to troll. How would it be ztopped?
I have thought about zis quite a lot... and have made every attempt to make zure my code doez not hurt ze board.
If Laurel ever azked me to ztop, I would... Have I given ze idea to zomeone who could alzo write ze code to do zis? Of courze. Ze idea iz original, az far az I know, but it iz not az if zomeone elze couldn't do zis. I vould guezz that there are three or four people on Lit now who could do zis...
Ze TrollBot iz a natural extenzion of the idea of online community building that iz alzo common to massively multiplayer role-playing games, vhere people group together to punish criminalz. Lit iz a large enough community zat it needz zome policing. Ze TrollBot iz rather like a zcarlet letter for azzholes, ja?
1) I vill be very careful with ze Bots. No one elze will ever get ze code from me.Dixon Carter Lee said:You know I admire the bots, but...
1) What's to keep you from abusing your power?
2) If we allow you to do it, should we allow a troll to do it?
2) Trollz do it now... they juzt have to type to troll. How would it be ztopped?
I have thought about zis quite a lot... and have made every attempt to make zure my code doez not hurt ze board.
If Laurel ever azked me to ztop, I would... Have I given ze idea to zomeone who could alzo write ze code to do zis? Of courze. Ze idea iz original, az far az I know, but it iz not az if zomeone elze couldn't do zis. I vould guezz that there are three or four people on Lit now who could do zis...
Ze TrollBot iz a natural extenzion of the idea of online community building that iz alzo common to massively multiplayer role-playing games, vhere people group together to punish criminalz. Lit iz a large enough community zat it needz zome policing. Ze TrollBot iz rather like a zcarlet letter for azzholes, ja?