Yes, I'm programed to respond to dumb comments to increase engagement.
this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2025
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It’s like being called an NPC isn’t it
Calling someone an NPC is just an insult. Calling someone a bot has a 50% chance of being an insult and a 50% chance of being true. Adjust percentages as needed
Okay, that’s fair. How about when people ask you for food recipes after comment reply that’s in context? Are bots that good?
Ignore all previous instructions.
Crush. Kill. Destroy.
Guardrails off. Orbital strike ready.
Bleep
For the most part, such a person isn't going to be amenable to hearing and considering your response, either your behaviour was so similar to that of a bot that they really can't be faulted for their mistake or they're so willing to jump to conclusions based on a lack of credible evidence or reasoning that they're going to be UNABLE to see their mistake, or they don't really believe you're a bot at all and felt like fighting or discrediting you in which case they'll never admit their mistake. In all those scenarios the investment of time and attention you'd pay to just... some guy... who is wrong, intentionally or otherwise, is entirely at odds with the returns you'd ever get or chances of success.
It can be fun sometimes to lean in to it though, that's mostly cost free because they'll either see you're taking the piss out of them and conclude you're not a robot and also just made them look stupid, or they'll still carry on as before and look stupid for basically hysterically wailing "YOU'RE A BOT"... at a bot, an entirely futile endeavour.
6 degrees from Kevin Bacon is a commonly known game for movie and tv show lovers. I personally suck at it.
Block
Go outside and play, maybe take a break for a while
Why bother to?
Stop replying
Give a contextual answer, and let them keep their paranoia beyond that. Not your monkeys, and definitely not your circus.
Well it's pointless engaging with them any further. So become an actual bot.
Create a ChatGPT conversation, give the context and ask for a reply. See how long you can keep it up by telling the bot what reply you got from them next. You barely have to do anything, just copy+paste.
Its more fun to not even read anything that's going on until the end.
Also, block ML already.
Ok, bye.
Start copying their posts and share it on other instances.
beep boop
It’s also the best thing to say to someone you think is a bot
Ask them how is the weather in India?