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by matte_black 2767 days ago
I wonder if one could create clones of every user on a site such as hackernews for instance, and create bots for each one, such that when you feed in a random article, comments are automatically generated and replies to comments appear recursively. Comments as a Service.

Poor bastard who stumbles into such a forum never realizing everyone is a bot.

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I could probably write one of those with just 'if' statements.

if "facebook" in $Title: print ( "I deleted my facebook years ago and it was the best thing I ever did")

if "uber" in $Title: print("Uber has only $dollars left of runway. They only have $months left before they'll need another rescue")

if "I made" in $Title: print("Why would I use $new_app when I could just use $old_app_from_90s? I really don't like the trend of using $technology instead of $older_technology. I hope $technology dies a cold death at the bottom of a ditch")

I think people have done something similar with reddit actually. They tried to make redit conversations, and well as expected they were pretty funny. Try google searching ou might be able to find it.