New Visitor Bots

[TheKid2]

Curious to read reactions to the obvious bots replying to posts here as New Visitors with random names. Makes me wonder if they are "MF approved" or just tolerated.

[JoeRockhead]

Not much they can do until they throw solicitations, or spam out there. The responses seeming like AI are often ignored, but every now and again those get called out by other members (raises hand, guilty).

[Horseshoez]

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@TheKid2 wrote:

Curious to read reactions to the obvious bots replying to posts here as New Visitors with random names. Makes me wonder if they are "MF approved" or just tolerated.

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Definitely not tolerated; whenever I come across an obvious bot response I report it and it is usually taken down.

[Thomas_Thumb]

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@TheKid2 wrote:

Curious to read reactions to the obvious bots replying to posts here as New Visitors with random names. Makes me wonder if they are "MF approved" or just tolerated.

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I have definitely seen some BOT responses that appear to be Fico AI BOTs. The response regurgitates Fico text verbatim but are out of context with the message string. Some sanctioned BOTs even have member designations - imo

Other BOTs have invaded MyFICO that are independent actors. They are visitors and their messages are often removed.