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Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by cynthetiq, Apr 1, 2017.

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  1. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet. Donor

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    He wore an exaggerated top hat for a while. I can't remember the timeline.

    Edit:

    tom petty wearing a tall top hat - Bing

    Definitely an Alice In Wonderland vibe.
     
    Last edited: Aug 15, 2026
    Chris Noyb, Aug 15, 2026
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  2. omega

    omega Very Tilted

    That's definitely it. Been a while since I saw that video. What's amazing to me about Tom Petty, his song love is a long road was used in the first GTA6 preview. Shot that right back up the charts.
     
    omega, Aug 16, 2026
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  3. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet. Donor

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    We had mentioned Bonnie Tyler earlier. An altered version of Total Eclipse of the Heart was used fairly recently in a TV commercial, which at least brought the song some attention. I have no idea if it charted a second time.

    Edit: Downey is the one I've seen numerous times. I don't really recall the Kia ad from the Super Bowl.
     
    Chris Noyb, Aug 17, 2026
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  4. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet. Donor

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    I just noticed the site is showing 2,480
    guests.

    WTF?
     
    Chris Noyb, Aug 19, 2026
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  5. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    Almost certainly bots scraping the public areas.
     
    Borla, Aug 20, 2026
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  6. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet. Donor

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    Large City, TX
    That makes sense. The software here most likely doesn't ID every bot, & might've been overwhelmed by bots (see next paragraph).

    What was really strange is the number of "guests" increased from around 1,800+ to 2,480 in literally a couple of minutes. The count may have gone even higher.
     
    Chris Noyb, Aug 20, 2026
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  7. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    On another board I'm on, we are doing an experiment with ChatGTP. I set it up to read the most popular sub-forums of the board that are open to essentially all membership. It is starting with the oldest content and moving towards current day. There are over 20 years of posts, so we are talking about hundreds of thousands of threads and tens of millions of posts. So far it has completed one sub-forum for serious topics, about 15% of a sub forum around current events and politics, and about 5% through the main general discussion forum. It has zero access to anything other than what a normal member can see (no email info, no IP addresses, nothing private at all), and it has been asked to keep all the data to my personal ChatGTP account (so not out in the ether for anyone to quiery). Then we are throwing questions at it, like "what four people would you most want to go on a roadtrip with?" or "who would you pick for your zombie apocalypse crew?" The answers are hilarious, and often very spot on.
     
    Borla, Sep 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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  8. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet. Donor

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    Large City, TX
    I have no doubt ChatGTP is doing a good job, but I know from personal experience some people adopt an on-line persona that is much different from what they're like IRL. But it's very possible the nature of your board doesn't give members reasons to misrepresent themselves.
     
    Chris Noyb, Sep 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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