Archive for September, 2009

&*#$@ Robots

So I’ve enabled comments, and it’s become clear that only robots read my blog. Not the adorable, loyal, huggable variety, either.<sup>1

“Let’s bake pie and snuggle!”</sup>

No. Instead, I get the boring, socially awkward ones. You can’t even hold a proper conversation with them.

Robot: “I enjoy looking for interesting articles on the internet!”
Me: “That’s good. I don’t write articles, though, I just kinda —”
Robot: “I think I’ve seen this somewhere before,”
Me: “Oh, I don’t think so, I —”
Robot: “but it is good!”
Me: “Um…thanks?”
Robot 2: “I like things that are good. We should discuss.”
Me: “Gah! Where’d you come from?”
Robot 3: “A superb article on Gah. I will bookmark it.”

Anyway, as a result, I may accidentally delete the occasional valid comment if you happen to sound like a (boring) robot. If doing this manually becomes too problematic, or my site traffic goes up, I’ll install Captcha, but I’m going to hold off for now.

¹Adorable robots, I encourage you to continue reading. You guys are the best.

^{“You’re just saying that…”}