• AI has decided you don't exist

    From Richmond@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 11:59:14
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for "inauthentic
    behaviour". I can't see anything I did wrong. From what I read, these
    things are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me wonder how long it
    will be before people find themselves booted of Whatsapp by AI? I
    suppose we already see something similar when broadband stops working
    and the AI customer service agent keeps asking security questions
    indefinately.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From J. P. Gilliver@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 12:56:21
    On 2026/8/12 11:59:14, Richmond wrote:
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for "inauthentic
    behaviour". I can't see anything I did wrong. From what I read, these
    things are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me wonder how long it
    will be before people find themselves booted of Whatsapp by AI? I
    suppose we already see something similar when broadband stops working
    and the AI customer service agent keeps asking security questions indefinately.

    Abuse of English too: inappropriate maybe, but inauthentic? IS it saying
    you're not you?
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    they did so much with so little, now they do so little with so much.
    - @richardgregory3684, 2023 (on the Doctor Who Theme)

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
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  • From oldernow@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 12:16:53
    In article <82zeyrhaf1.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for
    "inauthentic behaviour". I can't see anything
    I did wrong. From what I read, these things
    are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me
    wonder how long it will be before people find
    themselves booted of Whatsapp by AI? I suppose
    we already see something similar when broadband
    stops working and the AI customer service agent
    keeps asking security questions indefinately.

    Sounds like a blessing to me.
    --
    v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
    | usenet verdict on adam h kerman |
    | fuckchop+idiot+kook+scumbag+troll |
    ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Richmond@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 13:23:44
    oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> writes:

    In article <82zeyrhaf1.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for
    "inauthentic behaviour". I can't see anything
    I did wrong. From what I read, these things
    are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me
    wonder how long it will be before people find
    themselves booted of Whatsapp by AI? I suppose
    we already see something similar when broadband
    stops working and the AI customer service agent
    keeps asking security questions indefinately.

    Sounds like a blessing to me.

    First they came for Twitter, whatsapp, facebook, mastodon, then.... they
    came for usenet, your telephone...


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 08:40:34
    J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
    On 2026/8/12 11:59:14, Richmond wrote:
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for "inauthentic
    behaviour". I can't see anything I did wrong. From what I read, these
    things are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me wonder how long it
    will be before people find themselves booted of Whatsapp by AI? I
    suppose we already see something similar when broadband stops working
    and the AI customer service agent keeps asking security questions
    indefinately.

    Abuse of English too: inappropriate maybe, but inauthentic? IS it saying >you're not you?

    My guess is that is what it means, and that you are trying to impersonate someone else. I've never really been all that authentic myself in the past because I have noticed that when I tell people what I really think, many of them get upset.

    I would be very happy if everyone was booted off of Twitter and Whatsapp
    and had to actually talk to one another in person again.
    --scott


    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From oldernow@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 12:50:21
    In article <82v79fh6i7.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote: >oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> writes:

    In article <82zeyrhaf1.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote: >>> Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for
    "inauthentic behaviour". I can't see anything
    I did wrong. From what I read, these things
    are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me
    wonder how long it will be before people find
    themselves booted of Whatsapp by AI? I suppose
    we already see something similar when broadband
    stops working and the AI customer service agent
    keeps asking security questions indefinately.

    Sounds like a blessing to me.

    First they came for Twitter, whatsapp, facebook,
    mastodon, then.... they came for usenet,
    your telephone...

    Who is "they"?

    Besides, none of that is important. I lived the
    vast majority of my life just fine - arguably
    finer - without any of it save the phone. And
    even the phone was hardly a significant aspect
    of my daily existence.

    All that crap might be accurately referred to as
    "straw life/living": sure, it feels like a loss
    after a period of pretending it was important,
    but it never really was to begin with.
    --
    v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
    | usenet verdict on adam h kerman |
    | fuckchop+idiot+kook+scumbag+troll |
    ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Richmond@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 14:18:28
    oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> writes:

    In article <82v79fh6i7.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
    oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> writes:

    In article <82zeyrhaf1.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for "inauthentic
    behaviour". I can't see anything I did wrong. From what I read,
    these things are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me wonder
    how long it will be before people find themselves booted of
    Whatsapp by AI? I suppose we already see something similar when
    broadband stops working and the AI customer service agent keeps
    asking security questions indefinately.

    Sounds like a blessing to me.

    First they came for Twitter, whatsapp, facebook, mastodon,
    then.... they came for usenet, your telephone...

    Who is "they"?

    The corporate sponsered AI.


    Besides, none of that is important. I lived the vast majority of my
    life just fine - arguably finer - without any of it save the
    phone. And even the phone was hardly a significant aspect of my daily existence.

    All that crap might be accurately referred to as "straw life/living":
    sure, it feels like a loss after a period of pretending it was
    important, but it never really was to begin with.

    Well yes, but many people are giving up phones and email for Whatsapp
    because it is free. So when the phones and the email are gone, MetaAI
    will have too much power.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 09:23:05
    Scott Dorsey wrote in article <115hpk2$1i2$1@panix2.panix.com>:

    My guess is that is what it means, and that you are trying to impersonate someone else. I've never really been all that authentic myself in the past because I have noticed that when I tell people what I really think, many of them get upset.

    I would be very happy if everyone was booted off of Twitter and Whatsapp
    and had to actually talk to one another in person again.


    Can we keep Usenet, email, and other 20th-century tech? They're
    not curated and phony.

    --
    The meek shall inherit, we're told,
    But I'm not so easily sold.
    For supposing they should,
    It would do them no good --
    They'd lose it at once to the bold.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Richmond@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 14:48:48
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.comNOSPAM> writes:

    Scott Dorsey wrote in article <115hpk2$1i2$1@panix2.panix.com>:

    My guess is that is what it means, and that you are trying to
    impersonate someone else. I've never really been all that authentic
    myself in the past because I have noticed that when I tell people
    what I really think, many of them get upset.

    I would be very happy if everyone was booted off of Twitter and
    Whatsapp and had to actually talk to one another in person again.


    Can we keep Usenet, email, and other 20th-century tech? They're not
    curated and phony.

    Phones are being converted to VOIP, and people are using AI in their
    email, e.g. allowing Gemini to crawl all over it. It is only a matter of
    time before certain emails become 'unacceptable' by the inscrutable
    false positive method.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From oldernow@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 14:44:10
    In article <82tsozzdcr.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote: >oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> writes:

    In article <82v79fh6i7.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote: >>>oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> writes:

    In article <82zeyrhaf1.fsf@example.com>, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended
    for "inauthentic behaviour". I can't see
    anything I did wrong. From what I read,
    these things are automated. Probably it is
    AI. It makes me wonder how long it will be
    before people find themselves booted of
    Whatsapp by AI? I suppose we already see
    something similar when broadband stops
    working and the AI customer service
    agent keeps asking security questions
    indefinately.

    Sounds like a blessing to me.

    First they came for Twitter, whatsapp,
    facebook, mastodon, then.... they came for
    usenet, your telephone...

    Who is "they"?

    The corporate sponsered AI.

    Thanks!

    Besides, none of that is important. I lived the
    vast majority of my life just fine - arguably
    finer - without any of it save the phone. And
    even the phone was hardly a significant aspect
    of my daily existence.

    All that crap might be accurately referred
    to as "straw life/living": sure, it feels
    like a loss after a period of pretending it
    was important, but it never really was to
    begin with.

    Well yes, but many people are giving up phones
    and email for Whatsapp because it is free. So
    when the phones and the email are gone, MetaAI
    will have too much power.

    It makes sense to me that smarter self-centered
    beings would wind up lording it over dumber
    self-centered beings.
    --
    v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
    | usenet verdict on adam h kerman |
    | fuckchop+idiot+kook+scumbag+troll |
    ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Nuno Silva@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, August 13, 2026 00:00:56
    On 2026-08-12, Richmond wrote:

    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for "inauthentic
    behaviour". I can't see anything I did wrong. From what I read, these
    things are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me wonder how long it
    will be before people find themselves booted of Whatsapp by AI? I
    suppose we already see something similar when broadband stops working
    and the AI customer service agent keeps asking security questions indefinately.

    We already get that with cloudflare and similar outfits deciding that
    you're "a bot", although that's mainly an excuse to justify supporting
    only select browsers.

    It's like during the browser wars but worse, I guess.

    And StackExchange is behind a JS wall now too.

    --
    Nuno Silva

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  • From Richmond@3:633/10 to All on Friday, August 14, 2026 12:28:06
    kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

    J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
    On 2026/8/12 11:59:14, Richmond wrote:
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for "inauthentic
    behaviour". I can't see anything I did wrong. From what I read,
    these things are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me wonder
    how long it will be before people find themselves booted of Whatsapp
    by AI? I suppose we already see something similar when broadband
    stops working and the AI customer service agent keeps asking
    security questions indefinately.

    Abuse of English too: inappropriate maybe, but inauthentic? IS it
    saying you're not you?

    My guess is that is what it means, and that you are trying to
    impersonate someone else.

    It turned out there was no reason. I now have my account back.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Oregonian Haruspex@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, August 16, 2026 06:38:11
    Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
    kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

    J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
    On 2026/8/12 11:59:14, Richmond wrote:
    Recently my Twitter X account was suspended for "inauthentic
    behaviour". I can't see anything I did wrong. From what I read,
    these things are automated. Probably it is AI. It makes me wonder
    how long it will be before people find themselves booted of Whatsapp
    by AI? I suppose we already see something similar when broadband
    stops working and the AI customer service agent keeps asking
    security questions indefinately.

    Abuse of English too: inappropriate maybe, but inauthentic? IS it
    saying you're not you?

    My guess is that is what it means, and that you are trying to
    impersonate someone else.

    It turned out there was no reason. I now have my account back.


    Same thing happened to me but I won?t be going back to X.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)