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  • Bots invading the old BBS

    From Snobsoft@VERT/PARTYBOW to All on Monday, April 06, 2026 02:54:16
    For some time now, strange "visitors" have been showing up in my ancient C64 BBS. Googlebot/2.1 seems like the obvious explanation - or maybe not. There's nothing to crawl here. So what do they want? And it's not just Google... there are others, something with "keep...", and more random junk. Are you seeing this in your BBS as well?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffXzh_SzBTo

    Speaking of bots - a guest in the BBS chat actually thought I was a bot at first, apparently confused by all the AI stuff that's everywhere these days. I eventually managed to convince him I'm not a replicant, and it turned into a fantastic BBS evening.

    And then I got a very pleasant surprise: a visit from a Snobsoft veteran with his SX-64 checking in directly from the Chaos Communication Congress of the CCC. The Chaos Computer Club is famous in Germany for its legendary BTX hack back in the 1980s.

    Enjoy the video above.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Snobsoft on Monday, April 06, 2026 07:37:54
    Snobsoft wrote to All <=-

    Speaking of bots - a guest in the BBS chat actually thought I was a bot
    at first, apparently confused by all the AI stuff that's everywhere
    these days. I eventually managed to convince him I'm not a replicant,
    and it turned into a fantastic BBS evening.

    That gives me an idea for an ANSI Voigh-Kampf test. Ask the caller to
    get close to the screen, look at the red dot and then print out quotes
    from the test in Bladerunner...


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  • From Snobsoft@VERT/PARTYBOW to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, April 08, 2026 02:51:34
    Re: Re: Bots invading the old BBS
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Snobsoft on Mon Apr 06 2026 07:37 am

    That gives me an idea for an ANSI
    Voigh-Kampf test. Ask the caller to
    get close to the screen, look at
    the
    red dot and then print out quotes
    from the test in Bladerunner...

    Awesome idea! :D

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