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Old 09-16-2019, 01:09 PM #1
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Talking BRO that USER IS A BOT (have you noticed you're talking to a bot?)

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BRO that USER IS A BOT (have you noticed you're talking to a bot?)



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LIST of accused (just check for yourself mods) bots currently posting free-range in the /off-topic/ section of T4R.
* qusserel
* Evacony
* SigurdAlj
* KKDivan
* MikkeyQ4
* R7Genrih
* Jerunas (either a bot or a very bizarre human)


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* StrRock
* xiaojie


Hi everyone,

I am a human. There are bots on this forum and no they are not just outright obvious. Someone / organization is likely testing AI by posting here on the forum. I don't now how many users are bots but I know I'm not the only one who noticed. Simply look at their profile, not a single post actually related to 4Runners and they often lead to an outside for-profit website that sells something. Sadly lots of T4R users (got me at first) are replying to these threads.

This account is a bot: user: qusserel https://www.toyota-4runner.org/searc...archid=6787326

Another example, same user
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qusserel Posts so far:
* Friends, I am doing my homework. Who can help?
* Friends, I was given a task in college to watch a documentary about World War II and write an essay. I would be very
grateful if you advise a high-quality and informative documentary film on this...
* Have you tried dating a girl online? On instagram for example, it's so simple. You can use tinder or use reviews on dating
sites, with their help it is very convenient to look for a suitable site...
* Friends, please tell me the applications for stock trading. I would be very grateful for your help. Here
(15 best stock trading apps for investors on the go in 2018 - 2019) I found a list of applications that I..
* Important information that helped me. I believe that creating a disk image is best suited in order to save and continue to
safely use your data...
* The main problem that I have now when writing my research paper is the search for quality literature, and most importantly
sources. I would be glad if you tell and advise something good. One more...
* Friends, I need help writing a research paper at the university that deals with behavioral economics. Please help with tips or
materials. So far, just starting to work, so that will need any thoughts...
* Interestingly, thanks a lot for making some points clear.
* Thanks for the response. It seems to me that at school, at college and at university, the best way to learn how to write
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* And what is the strangeness specifically? Explain please.



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Bingo.

I think most of the posts seen here in the last while have all been bots. I think we have entire threads of AI bots talking to one another.

Not sure why nothing is being done, but the vast majority of posts I see on here lately are from new accounts with atrocious grammar asking vague questions and linking to outside sites.

The funny/disturbing part is seeing how many members seem to be fooled by this and respond.

It's actually worrying to think we may not be that far off from AI bots that the majority of us can't differentiate from real users.
I know for a fact that academics have done this in the past on forums. I listed to a podcast on economics (not sure if it was Planet Money) where they interviewed a researcher who created a bot with male name and another with female name to post the same AI generated economics forum chit-chat and over a series of months they studied the responses to grade how the male forum members treated the poster based on their gender. The idea was both bots were using the same AI database so if there was bias it could be detected. This was all part of a research paper and posted on one of the most popular economics forums.

Still, this kind of research on a public forum is definitely a dick move.





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And this user is suspect. R7Genrih,

https://www.toyota-4runner.org/searc...archid=6787380

This one is much trickier but NONE of the posts are about 4Runners (AT ALL) and they say some type of sentence that leads to an outside website that sells something or aggregates selling something.

user R7Genrih

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* Folks, I was in Nikolaev, Ukraine, so I wait for your questions, if you're interested in it
I was dating there and lived for about 2 years, so I know a lot about their culture, customs, and of...

* As I can see we have some lovers of Escape rooms over here.

* Buddy, what for do you ask about it here? It goes without saying, that it's easier to check and to compare all the prices in different region at the site where I check the price on electricity.

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Padding their post count so they look more legitimate when they start posting political memes before the next election??

I mean, research is certainly a possibility, but I wonder if the motive isn't more sinister?

Could just be trying to get clicks on their links to sell junk. Who knows.
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There are more bots posting and conversing at T4R than humans at this point.

Maybe since T4R banned political discussion they are creating bots to make posts because other than the bots it’s essentially a ghost town as far the inter webs is concerned.

It’s kinda sad. This site used to be pretty good.

Now it’s just the same old “which tire”, “which lift”, with the obligatory “use the search button” response and a ton of bots jacking each other off.

Get your shit together, T4R...

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@admin please chime in on what is the best course of action here.

Should the mods ban these bots? It is tough to for sure say someone is a bot however this site is definitely infected. My list is pretty solid and I only searched for 5 minutes in off-topic.
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I am beginning to think the bots are OK by this site.

Why would so many get by the account joining process?

Why are they not removed?

Why do so many not recognize them and reply to them?

The Off Topic section is like having cockroaches wandering thru your dining room without a care in the world and no one has RAID.
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I would report them but the last time I did that I ended up getting banned and it took months to get it sorted out.
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Maybe since T4R banned political discussion they are creating bots to make posts because other than the bots it’s essentially a ghost town as far the inter webs is concerned.

It’s kinda sad. This site used to be pretty good.
We should start a political discussion. Might be the only way someone starts paying attention around here.
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why would you have been banned for reporting a bot?
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We should start a political discussion. Might be the only way someone starts paying attention around here.
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Well obviously the bots now have such high post counts one of them was promoted to mod.
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