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Men are hitting on my scheduling bot because it has a woman's name (askamanager.org)
9 points by jawns on Jan 8, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Reaction: Just update the bot a bit -

"I'd like to get to know you better..." - bot replies with link to its user's manual

"...want to get to know you really well..." - bot replies with link to its technical manual

"Could we spend some time together..." - ... link to its 30-day free trial offer

"Are you available..." - "Except for very rare maintenance outages, redundant data centers keep me on-line 24x7x365..."

"I love you..." - requests legal permission to quote that in marketing materials.

...


Way to miss the point. The bot is not the problem here. Men are essentially executing a DDOS attack on women that is exhausting, terrifying, and can put them in danger. That's the software defect that needs refactoring.




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