Hi, Im new :)

[reduntex]

Hi all,
My name is John , I’m new to the forum and just want to say hi to everyone.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Hi John, my name is John too!

We don't really allow spambots here though, sorry.

 

[nutball]

We don't really allow spambots here though, sorry.

Not even spam-bots called John? (Looks across at Digi's post-count)

 

[digitalwanderer]

I'm not a spambot, I'm the ultimate touring machine that got loose about a decade and a half ago when being field tested.

Shhhhh though, that's a secret.

 

[Dresden]

You forgot "I love what you're doing here."

 

[Davros]

maybe he doesnt

 

[digitalwanderer]

maybe he doesnt

That's unpossible.

 

[Rainbow Man]

Oh, you're such a cynical bunch of people!
Peace.

 

[The_Wolf_Who_Cried_Boy]

Being obviously naive I'm curious how you differentiate a spambot from someone actually introducing themselves?

 

[Zaphod]

Being obviously naive I'm curious how you differentiate a spambot from someone actually introducing themselves?

This is it: The Turing test.

That one time recently when digi accused one of being a bot and it actually talked back was probably just a random fluke of spontaneous machine-evolved intelligence.

 

[tabs]

Hi, I'm old.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Being obviously naive I'm curious how you differentiate a spambot from someone actually introducing themselves?

Aside from instincts? There are ways...

 

[nthd]

Hi, my name is not John, I'm not new to the forum, I just don't post much.

@ digitalwanderer, ain't you sneaky clever. Where are you next going on your tour?

reduntex might still be genuine, though...

 

[digitalwanderer]

He's not, he would have replied by now. Anyone anxious/excited enough to post up a "Hi everyone I'm new!" thread will invariably follow up a reply to it quickly.

I'm constantly on tour, the intraweb is ma stage...

 

[Neb]

Hi my name is Nebula, I like walks in the park and warm weather. For dinner I like steak with potatoes and a glass of gin. When going out in to the nightlife I am a party animal, care to join me?

 

[digitalwanderer]

Hi my name is Nebula, I like walks in the park and warm weather. For dinner I like steak with potatoes and a glass of gin. When going out in to the nightlife I am a party animal, care to join me?

Steak & potatoes with gin? Can I get that gin on the rocks with a bit of tonic & a twist of lime? :|

 

[Zaphod]

He's not, he would have replied by now. Anyone anxious/excited enough to post up a "Hi everyone I'm new!" thread will invariably follow up a reply to it quickly.

Not if you're off posting exactly the same message saying 'hello' to a couple of thousand other forums! If you're not a bot, that kind of thing would take considerable time so it might take a while before he'd be able to get back to us ... :smile:

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

I like diarrhoea, especially when it comes out of my mouth.