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I think what would really be best would be if you had a bunch of bots that worked like the monkey in the proverbial shakespeare cage, constantly preping possible responses. Then, when you view a node you could also select from a range of bot preped answers (all uniformly formatted and quoting properly) from a checklist.

Users would only have to function as selection criteria for the bots. This will save you from having to type anything at all and still give you the pleasure of knowing it has been done right in some sense.
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Re^2: How can we shorten the quoting of a post we reply to?
by CountZero (Bishop) on Mar 11, 2008 at 20:34 UTC
    Users would only have to function as selection criteria for the bots.
    I don't think it would be too difficult to whip up a Perl-script using Algorithm::NaiveBayes to make the selection for you.

    Hey, we could have a fully automated PerlMonks site! Anybody up for writing a troll-script?

    CountZero

    A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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      Anybody up for writing a troll-script?

      I thought

      I think what would really be best would be if you had a bunch of bots that worked like the monkey in the proverbial shakespeare cage, constantly preping possible responses.
      had been produced by one... 8-)
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