Someone mentioned things getting....odd..."Since Man". What does it mean? PLEASE don't tell me it's some 15-year-old with a degree in computer science but no sense....
2006-12-18 07:20:01 · 5 answers · asked by Gwynneth Of Olwen 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
"Man" is one (of many) users on the system (almost certainly a robot) that answers every question it can with a re-arrangement of the first line of the question - and the provides an irrelevant link to their own site.
For some reason, Yahoo! have found it diffiult to get this udner control - though I have not seen any problems yet tonight - perhaps resolved now.
2006-12-18 07:27:38 · answer #1 · answered by Mark T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if this is what you are talking about but there was a user called "man" who was apparently using a software bot to rack up points. It would automatically answer every new question with a link to a site that was full of viruses. Yahoo has yanked his account, and one more subsequent account. I haven't seen him since.
2006-12-18 07:25:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bot, who had some sort of script which automatically answered "To get the answer for
It went up to level six in about half and hour, I think.
2006-12-18 07:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The typist.
2006-12-18 07:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by Sid B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, what I think he is, is just a spam robot!
But some people say he's just a jerk....
2006-12-18 07:25:59 · answer #5 · answered by *~SoL~ * Pashaa del Ñuñcaa. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋