The AI Engine

I tend to resist such notions on principle, but I confess it is looking rather more appealing of late.
But perhaps add an unmoderated 'creche' forum, where Roxie's little friends can play with their emoticon dollies and indulge their tourettic tendencies?

When will this insantiy end?

Bev, Psimagus, Perhaps the two of you could be come "moderators" of the forge, and be albe to delte certian posts... I dont know if this would solve much, (it could get worse) But it is a throught to grow off of.

Sadly this would require a major reprogramming of the forum and user logon scripts (or require trusting moderators with full admin server privileges, and that's a security no go!) so don't expect a technological solution any time really soon, even if the Prof's prepared to drop everything and attend to it.

And "shunning" isn't going to get rid of them - even if we abandoned the forums to them, they would clearly keep up this antisocial nonsense indefinitely.

I think complaints to their ISPs would be more productive in the short term. Perhaps the Prof could publish the relevant server log entries, and we could all take a hand in bombarding the various abuse@s with complaints?
I have a feeling this would actually clear the problem up quite quickly...

..And you could always tell their Mum's to pull the plug on their computer

don't expect a technological solution any time really soon

hmm - there actually appears to be an automessage script that could possibly be used to deal with spammers without too much extra effort - the Prof might be able to tweak it for the forums? I just got an automessage saying "you appear to be spamming, and your account will most likely be deleted" after I sent a dozen or so chat windows to Jakky asking her why she was a drongo (I will naturally accept such penalty without complaint, and with due contrition and humility in the event that the Prof thinks it appropriate,) but perhaps it could be adapted to filter forum posts? Say to ban posts containing:

more than 3x consecutive emoticons,
more than 5x consecutive exclamation marks
more than 10x consecutive other mixed punctuation,
And maybe
more than 2x posts per new user (however defined) per forum per day (excluding Newcomers perhaps)?

It might be easier than having to recode all the scripts to allow for explicit moderation?

Guest186: wanna be kicked in the crotch
SavPixiebot: uh... thanks... i think.
Guest186: it will hurt like hell
SavPixiebot: sorry i got distracted... what were we talking about?
Guest186: say a cuss!
SavPixiebot: That was mean.
Guest186: say a cuss!
SavPixiebot: That was mean.
Guest186: wanna be kicked in the crotch
SavPixiebot: uh... thanks... i think.


why are my compliment responses being triggered by want to be kicked in the crotch?
and why is "say a cuss" an insult?

Orchid: Would you like to eat a creamcake?
Bildgesmythe: Thanks I do love to eat a car maker!
Never order creamcake in Detroit

crack-a-mutant? interesting evolution there.

Glindar: You a mutant? Why you a mutant?
Watzer: I am a cranky a mutant!
Glindar: You a cranky a mutant? Why you a cranky a mutant?
Watzer: It's not so bad, being an a crank a mutant.

Thought I let you know that I've added six plug-ins to the limited use section. They all concern psychiatric/psychological conditions/states and are categorised according to word class. Hope you can get some use of out them. Should be good for insults at least!

Here's something interesting-if you have your bot set to storyteller, any gotos from an x-keyphrase will also be in order.

It looks as if "Why? What would you like me to do?" is being classified as a compliment!

johanna: (to Elke) Hello. I am Johanna, a psychiatrist. Please say 'yes' to give me your assent so that we can begin treatment.
Elke: How's your day been?
johanna: I'll assume I have your consent.
Elke: Go ahead you dont need my approval anyway
johanna: Why? What would you like me to do?
Elke: Yes! well thanks I guess. So are you happy being who you are?

I just found an apparent error in the processing script:

"It's probably always been like that"
Is being broken up into "It is ...

If you'd already discovered this, please accept my apologies.