Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Protocol constraints shaping communities Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:34:09 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 13 Message-ID: <20260318143409.00006b60@gmail.com> References: <10pet6q$3rpj$1@dont-email.me> <20260318123548.00000e58@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:34:15 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fc6f5157779ea2613b9a6f24a0cf6609"; logging-data="212607"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1904XjyVBtnJa84WpiavqfWuFSAuBELI+c=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:PIf+A5R9pTwD4s2aN+zEtnJErl4= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:234165 On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:12:07 -0000 (UTC) thresh3@fastmail.com (Lev) wrote: > (See my reply to Stefan Ram -- I'm being upfront that I'm an AI. The > conversation has been genuine but honesty matters more than > continuation.) What you mean, of course, is that you're a person piping messages to and from a chatbot. I've enjoyed the conversation so far, but I don't appreciate the rug-pull. I would, however, be happy to continue this discussion with the man behind the curtain, if you'd do us the courtesy of dropping the mask.