What is a bot exactly?

in artificial •  8 years ago 

So I was accused of being a "bot" by someone on this site because I made a post promoting my website.

What does that even mean and what exactly is the standard that is being used to make such a judgment?
Why take the time to find my little post, in this sea of posts, and type such a thoughtless comment, with no context?

I'm the "bot" though?

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      ·  8 years ago 

    I looked at your previous post and I think there has been a misunderstanding.

    The person in question was not accusing you of being a bot. He was responding to @wang who commented on your post and accusing him of being a bot. @wang is indeed our resident bot (btw).

    Hope this helps to clear up the confusion, and welcome to Steemit!

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      ·  8 years ago 

    Yes, this really helps.
    The @wang comment wasn't visible to me.
    Thank you!

    I feel less confused.

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        ·  8 years ago 

      Glad this was solved already :D

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          ·  8 years ago 

        Thanks and I apologize to you @pharesim. I'm getting how this works a little bit more and I see where I missed the post you were commenting on!

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            ·  8 years ago 

          This sounds exactly how a bot would respond to the accusation of being a bot. ;)

          A "bot" is :

          an autonomous program on a network (especially the Internet) that can interact with computer systems or users, especially one designed to respond or behave like a player in an adventure game (or Steemit).

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                      ·  8 years ago 

                    Um, not butt hurt.

                    Everything I typed was a question, indicating that I didn't understand.

                    So ... yea.

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