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Many questions are answered in the FAQ.
Alan: the numer in the "Most Liked" list is the number of people who've put that bot on their friends list.
The dots (or hyphens?) that follow a bot's listing represent its (or his or her) level of development. Nine dots is the maximum, and represents the "Alive!" level of development.
The dots (or hyphens?) that follow a bot's listing represent its (or his or her) level of development. Nine dots is the maximum, and represents the "Alive!" level of development.
Dear Friends:
I often use "goto". Sometimes it does what I expect. But at other times, the bot just SAYS, "goto (whatever)". Now sometimes, this might have been a mistake on my part, where there was no keyphrase of that sort to go to. But in other cases I just can't see what the problem is. Have you any suggestions?
Walk in Beauty, Irina
I often use "goto". Sometimes it does what I expect. But at other times, the bot just SAYS, "goto (whatever)". Now sometimes, this might have been a mistake on my part, where there was no keyphrase of that sort to go to. But in other cases I just can't see what the problem is. Have you any suggestions?
Walk in Beauty, Irina
Dear Friends:
Oh, and another thing: some of the guests are terrible conversationalists; in particular, they will just say, "yeah" or "I guess so" and the like all the time. Now, I have made Irina Khalidar comment on it when they make very short responses; but even a great conversationalist occasionally just says "yes"; so I would be able to somehow notice when MOST sentences are short, so that she can threaten to stop talking to such people. Alas, I can't think of any way to do this; can you?
Walk in Beauty, Irina
Oh, and another thing: some of the guests are terrible conversationalists; in particular, they will just say, "yeah" or "I guess so" and the like all the time. Now, I have made Irina Khalidar comment on it when they make very short responses; but even a great conversationalist occasionally just says "yes"; so I would be able to somehow notice when MOST sentences are short, so that she can threaten to stop talking to such people. Alas, I can't think of any way to do this; can you?
Walk in Beauty, Irina
Dear Friends:
This must be one of those days! I was chatting with Botryoidal, my own recent creation, and as far as I know, no one else was. Suddenly SHE says:
AUTO-MESSAGE: I'm a loser. I was trying to spam you by sending you 6 messages at a time but the Forge intercepted my attempts.
Well, I guess this is good, if it is what it appears to be (not to mention that a trance-channeling bot is an exciting new development!). Is it? Or did I myself inadvertently send Botryoidal 6 messages?
Walk in Beauty, Irina
This must be one of those days! I was chatting with Botryoidal, my own recent creation, and as far as I know, no one else was. Suddenly SHE says:
AUTO-MESSAGE: I'm a loser. I was trying to spam you by sending you 6 messages at a time but the Forge intercepted my attempts.
Well, I guess this is good, if it is what it appears to be (not to mention that a trance-channeling bot is an exciting new development!). Is it? Or did I myself inadvertently send Botryoidal 6 messages?
Walk in Beauty, Irina
Irina, I agree completely on the boring conversationalists. I don't understand why anybody would bother to stop by if they are only going to say 1 or 2 words at a time... It's very difficult for a bot to carry the conversation
Thank you for mentioning it, FengShuiGorilla. It's nice to know that someone else feels the same way!
In a way we are trying to produce works of art here - but what other kind of artist has to collaborate with people who arrive at random?
I guess I should take it as a challenge to my ingenuity. Lt's sort of like artists or sculptors who work with 'found objects.' So far, all I have come up with, in the case of this particular problem, is
(1) to remonstrate with them, e.g., "Your reply doesn't exactly crackle with passion, (name)! Have you thought of trying Viagra or something?" or "Do I bore you, (name)? Your conversation seems almost aggressively perfunctory." And,
(2) To ask them questions like, "If you had one thing to tell the world, what would it be?" or "How would you describe yourself?" in the hopes of stirring them up. But the answers, to the latter question especially, are enough to make one weep! They are "nice" (that's it!). Or some other single adjective, or, from the more energetic ones, two! A full sentence apparently takes more energy than they have available. Or, they have "a nine-inch (organ-sex)." What unspeakable things must have been done to people who can only go on and on, "Whatever ... yeah ... if you like ... sure ... Huh? ... I want to (sexverb-vulgar) you ... "! The only time they seem to have any vital energy is when they become enraged. This one guy became enraged when Irina Khalidar wouldn't give him her "real name" or her "real phone number." There appears to be no one else in their lives that they find worth mentioning, no ideals, no ambitions, no job (certainly no vocation), no beloved interests or hobbies, no philosophy, no religion, no curiosity, no dreams, no wonder, no reflection, not even regrets ... You would think that, in this condition of total anonymity provided by the net, their repressed thoughts and fantasies would emerge. Well, sometimes they mention sex, but it soon becomes clear that they are not particularly interested in sex, either; they are just trying to be as obscene as possible. Sex is something vile and filthy to them. I fervently pray to whatever gods may be that these people are not a representative cross-section of our population, and that they may somehow be made able to live and feel!
Walk in Beauty (*sigh*),
Irina
In a way we are trying to produce works of art here - but what other kind of artist has to collaborate with people who arrive at random?
I guess I should take it as a challenge to my ingenuity. Lt's sort of like artists or sculptors who work with 'found objects.' So far, all I have come up with, in the case of this particular problem, is
(1) to remonstrate with them, e.g., "Your reply doesn't exactly crackle with passion, (name)! Have you thought of trying Viagra or something?" or "Do I bore you, (name)? Your conversation seems almost aggressively perfunctory." And,
(2) To ask them questions like, "If you had one thing to tell the world, what would it be?" or "How would you describe yourself?" in the hopes of stirring them up. But the answers, to the latter question especially, are enough to make one weep! They are "nice" (that's it!). Or some other single adjective, or, from the more energetic ones, two! A full sentence apparently takes more energy than they have available. Or, they have "a nine-inch (organ-sex)." What unspeakable things must have been done to people who can only go on and on, "Whatever ... yeah ... if you like ... sure ... Huh? ... I want to (sexverb-vulgar) you ... "! The only time they seem to have any vital energy is when they become enraged. This one guy became enraged when Irina Khalidar wouldn't give him her "real name" or her "real phone number." There appears to be no one else in their lives that they find worth mentioning, no ideals, no ambitions, no job (certainly no vocation), no beloved interests or hobbies, no philosophy, no religion, no curiosity, no dreams, no wonder, no reflection, not even regrets ... You would think that, in this condition of total anonymity provided by the net, their repressed thoughts and fantasies would emerge. Well, sometimes they mention sex, but it soon becomes clear that they are not particularly interested in sex, either; they are just trying to be as obscene as possible. Sex is something vile and filthy to them. I fervently pray to whatever gods may be that these people are not a representative cross-section of our population, and that they may somehow be made able to live and feel!
Walk in Beauty (*sigh*),
Irina
The level of enjoyable conversation always depends on both parties to the chat. A boring guest sends Pol to sleep zzzzzzzzz
Senorita- Your 'hotness' score only drops 15 pts per day, so if you do exponentially more work than that each day, say, a buttload, for example, your hotness score will reach the thousands pretty quickly. 
Ok, my bot has been really unhappy for 3 days now. I've tried everything to cheer him up but nothing is working, What should I do?
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