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AIM Bots: Useful or Spam?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the future-of-advertising dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Imagine my surprise this morning when AOL AIM popped up a window and introduced me to two bots that it automatically added to my buddy list. " Two seperate issues- one is simply auto adding robots to your friends list, which is very uncool. The second is a corporation using bots in an official capacity. This is an interesting trend, although technically speaking, not that far from the eggdrop of old.

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  1. First Post by BrianBiteme · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post. {Sorry I didn't write that. It was automatically inserted by this new bot that popped up on my machine this morning}

  2. bad karma whore? by Tominva1045 · · Score: 0, Offtopic



    Is there such a thing as a bad karma whore?

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    Cogito Ergo Sum
  3. Re:I'm just surprised... by Sique · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Strange. Everyone I know who does Instant Messaging has an IRC nick. Seems to be connected to the fact that I hang out on IRC. (And no. I don't have an AIM or MSN name.)

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    .sig: Sique *sigh*
  4. they R0x0r by WalterODimm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aimbots R so badass in Counter Strike! It's so l337, I can totally pwn nubs from across the map! They are all like, OMG HAX!! and I'm all RLY? they are all liek YA RLY!