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A comment on California law banning bots from pretending to be real people without disclosure. Parent comment

Re:California law banning bots from pretending to be real pe... by danieltillett on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:28AM (#20360292)
Apparently the solution is just to swear at the bot and you get punted to a human, the downside is many of the humans are no better than a bot.
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Re:California law banning bots from pretending to be real pe... by kbenson on Friday July 05, 2019 @01:26PM (#20364183)
Or you get a human that assumes the customer they are helping is abusive or problematic based on the prior messages, in which case they may be very unmotivated to help you.
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Re:California law banning bots from pretending to be real pe... by danieltillett on Friday July 05, 2019 @10:26PM (#20367360)
Just abuse the bot, not the human :)
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