Yay for stupid spimmers

[jducoeur]

When I get *one* Yahoo Chat friend request from someone I don't know, I have to think about it. When I get *five* of them in the span of an hour, the decision becomes much, much easier...

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[dsrtao]

Almost all the bots react to the keyword 'bot' with a very simple denial. "I'm not a bot, it's me lol" or "What's a bot?" or such.

[jducoeur]

This does suggest an interesting experiment: how long would it take me to Turing-test one of these away? I'd be disappointed if I couldn't prove it to my full satisfaction inside of a minute.

But it's not worth the potential hassle of trying: a no-response block is the only appropriate response, given the 99.9% circumstantial evidence that they're spim accounts...