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Your Top 3 Favourite moments of life so far?
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Those of us who are sufficiently paranoid and cynical have been suspicious from the start.
Well, if an individual here answers several questions for the OP, all the OP has do is search Facebook (or any other social network) for someone who fits the bill.
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Tried it myself. That was interesting. Definite pattern emerging.
Same here. I really wonder what he did to get banned
I'm sure it wasn't all the inappropriate comments in his own threads!
If all you miss are the questions, those seem sufficiently algorithmic that a program could be written. Maybe modifying one of the simpler chatbots would suffice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chatterbots#Chatterbots
Or maybe just randomly permute phrases from his past thread titles.
> "How long since your worst fashion mistake?"
> "What is your favourite shocking thing?"
> "Is Sheldon Cooper your first ever crush?"
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What annoys me often is when a post is started with a question and the OP never offers an opinion. In this case the OP did provide an answer which is a plus, but if the habit is to make single posts and participate no further, then that's a minus. Consequently I don't feel compelled to cough up an answer.
Broadly speaking, I'm pretty much in complete agreement with you.
I suppose it depends on what you, or one - as an OP - actually wants, or want - from the thread, and how you view matters such as online etiquette and behaviour if one is - or you are - the OP.
Personally, I would be of the view that in starting a thread, you are starting a conversation, and that implies a dialogue of some sort.
That means a sort of implied obligation to respond with some comments and thoughts on the posts made, even if only in the role of chairperson or facilitator of an online conversation.
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You're tearing me apart Lisa!
I had the pleasure of meeting Tommy W. at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA (Boston) a few months ago. It was a life changing experience.
Here's my top 3 moments in my life.
1. Becoming a Christian - dedicating my life to Jesus was the best.
2. Marrying my lovely bride.
3. The birth of my twins.
There's other moments in my life where I feel that I've been blessed, so its a little unfair to limit the number to three, but if I had too, then those are the ones for me.
1. Becoming a Christian - dedicating my life to Jesus was the best.
2. Marrying my lovely bride.
3. The birth of my twins.
There's other moments in my life where I feel that I've been blessed, so its a little unfair to limit the number to three, but if I had too, then those are the ones for me.
Great!!!
for me
1. completing college
2. getting married
3. buying a car at the end of last year
I posted in one of his thread supporting another user who asked him to stop making useless threads and both of us were threatened with being banned.
Boy, you people are critical (and hilarious)
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Your eloquent responses inspire my writing. Thank you sir!
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Your eloquent responses inspire my writing. Thank you sir!