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by internet_user 1425 days ago
“Profit” isn’t always measured in money. Influence and control are also profit, even if do not increase your bank account size or improve your geopolitical strategic position.

Someone posted a timeline above in years, amusingly it lines up quite well with this hypothesis: https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/dead-internet-...

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I dunno man. Like I said, back then, we were all just occupying our spare time on MUDs and whatnot. Pretty sure everyone I interacted with could pass a turing test, back then. Bots were things we used to maintain our irc channels and get ops from.

I miss my eggdrop. Schnauzer, I called it.

Rest In Power Schnauzer, guardian of #Spatch