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I've noticed when I look at the who's on line box it'll show X members, X guests, and X robots. What are the "robots"?
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Automated internet thingies that go around posting things and collecting data. Or something like that!
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Thank you............I think.
Are they contagious?
Are they contagious?
Not that I know of! And they won't show up and clean your house or do your dishes either!
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Drat!
So I'm guessing windows and some painting is out of the question. Too bad.................
So I'm guessing windows and some painting is out of the question. Too bad.................
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LOL, I asked exactly the same question a while back (and they don't clean my house, either -- darn!). I think they also look for specified keywords or phrases. That way the person(s) controling them know to go in and respond -- it's easier to do it that way than to personally look through every message in every board.
I think an example happened to me on here a while back. I found a product on the internet that I wanted to try. I posted about it, to see if any other members knew about it, used it, etc. Almost immediately I had a response from the "company," the entity being a registered member. They said how great it was, etc.........
I think an example happened to me on here a while back. I found a product on the internet that I wanted to try. I posted about it, to see if any other members knew about it, used it, etc. Almost immediately I had a response from the "company," the entity being a registered member. They said how great it was, etc.........
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I suspected as much.
I guess I've known about these things, but this is the first site I've been to that shows how many are lurking in the background. Wonder if there's any significance to the number of them at any given time.
Seems kind of covert.
Let's start a vicious rumor and have them all get excited and implode on themselves!
I guess I've known about these things, but this is the first site I've been to that shows how many are lurking in the background. Wonder if there's any significance to the number of them at any given time.
Seems kind of covert.
Let's start a vicious rumor and have them all get excited and implode on themselves!
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They are distant relatives of the dialers the telemarketers use.
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Google Search is a prime example.
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Like some of the other members have suggested, the robots are search engines crawling through the pages. You know how when you search for something in Google, you see pages which have only recently been published? Well these robots are how they add new pages to their search databases so quickly.
Hope that answers your question!