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Re:Is anyone using bots to make their social site look busy?... by timg on Monday April 09, 2007 @06:50AM (#10741)
Yes, we have. But instead of within the site itself, we circulated the screenames of IM chatbots which then directed traffic to the site. Not one of those garbage "eliza" bots either, this was of custom design and worked nicely.

Let me know if you're interested in more technical details.

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