Introductory post list/demand

[h20hamelan]

So it seems there is more & more, and it’s not gonna go away.
Many auto chat forums have overnight China spambots.
I think LotusElan.Net will have more and more people wanting to scam us.
I don’t believe A.I. Is smart, in fact, A.I. Is not smart. A.I only takes the information out there and compiles it. Started at the U of T in the mid late 90’s by Geoffrey Hinton.

Edit; they still dont know how it works!

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1038 ... -it-works/

So, without Jeff C doing anything more, hopefully no need to change anything. But a list, so someone posts a introduction and the reply looks like________

Welcome, please include some information about your desired model, how you have come to appreciate the Elan over your other vehicles.

The point is, even after 10 or so posts, others have been scammed.

Have a bit of fun today eh!

[jcocking]

I review every new user's posts for potential issues. I have done this for the last 10+ years. On a given week, I delete 3 to 5 new user request posts due to spam and potential scammers.

Our first parts scammer broke through the system in the last few years. It was a person, not a bot. The person's intro post was suspected but covered the basics I require for initial posts. The person started sending PMs to people requesting they contact someone to get the needed part. The account was promptly deleted within 12 hours of the incident. (The person sent out about 20 PMs, each manually sent.)

You evaluate the risk with all online scamming activities. LotusElan.net is a low-probability target. We are a small forum with a limited parts market. There needs to be more money for someone to create and send a bot our way. For example, I belong to one Porsche forum with over 330,000 members. We have 3,000 total members. If you look at active members, we have about 1,200 over the last year. There are not enough potential victims on LotusElan.net to make it worthwhile.

In a couple of days, the "bot hysteria" being frothed by a couple of members will die down. We could create a new term called botialism. It is a type of "ism" where ordinary people are accused of sounding like a bot due to quickly written posts.

If any "others who have been scammed" exist, please send me a private message. I don't know about any such users on LotusElan.net.

I am returning my attention to being on Holiday and being a pa-pa to my grandkids. Four generations will be under one roof for Thanksgiving for the first time in many years.

If you need anything, email me or send me a private message.

jeff

The following post was created by a human with assistance from an AI tool called Grammarly. Grammarly gave it a thumbs up, except for the word "botialism". It does not like this word.

[wdb]

Did Grammarly suggest "botulism"? Enjoy your holiday!

[h20hamelan]

Really funny, and some good work Jeff!!!

Now we all know, & know what’s to be expected in the future if we can help.

So thanks

[661]

Enjoy your holiday.


I'll be back.