# Banning disco\*bot **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [July 16, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496 "2020-07-16T14:06:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/181 "2020-07-19T22:12:47Z")
Damn! ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/182 "2020-07-20T00:38:26Z")
The bot is capable of brutal honesty at least twice a day, you’ve got to give it that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/183 "2020-07-24T00:51:12Z")
Could we trade you in for a toaster? What say you, @discobot? Turn guizot in for a toaster – would that work? ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/184 "2020-07-24T00:51:13Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/185 "2020-08-14T23:31:44Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > Really? I haven’t seen this. The board has been running like a Swiss timepiece since it moved, as far as I can see. Same for me. I haven’t seen any problems. The board runs fast for me. The Only Thing missing is a Like Button. I would have liked your post instead of replying “me too!”. Discobot doesn’t annoy me. I liked Clippy too in Ms Office. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/186 "2020-08-15T21:45:42Z")
OK FINE! Generate a consensus around one additional thing Discobot can do (as a default) that would be useful / fun / interesting, and _just because you are Straight Dope and have such a fantastic history with the original 2012 introduction / announcement of Discourse_ … I will make sure this feature gets added. That is my gift to you 🎁 😘 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/187 "2020-08-15T23:04:32Z")
It’s a trick! Discobot is evil. If we tell you what we want, how do we know we won’t find ourselves enslaved underground by the Morlocks? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/188 "2020-08-16T07:40:16Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > OK FINE! > > Generate a consensus around one additional thing Discobot can do (as a default) that would be useful / fun / interesting, and _just because you are Straight Dope and have such a fantastic history with the original 2012 introduction / announcement of Discourse_ … I will make sure this feature gets added. > > That is my gift to you 🎁 😘 Give us a theme we can choose where discobot does not appear, please. Discobot does not have anything to say that I need to read. And thank you for the offer. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/189 "2020-08-16T07:43:09Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > > [@MoonMoon](#): > > > > Really? I haven’t seen this. The board has been running like a Swiss timepiece since it moved, as far as I can see. > > Same for me. I haven’t seen any problems. The board runs fast for me. > > The Only Thing missing is a Like Button. I would have liked your post instead of replying “me too!”. > > Discobot doesn’t annoy me. I liked Clippy too in Ms Office. The only good thing Clippy ever gave me was the ability to turn him off forever. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/190 "2020-08-16T20:45:18Z")
Die, Clippy! **DIE**! sorry, bad PCSD\*. At any rate, I find the disco\*bot a trifle annoying, but unless it’s invoked on the regular, I’m kinda meh. Besides, people might find it useful learning their way around the new controls. I should probably use it myself. Also, according to the Discourse boards, [it is possible to disable it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-disable-discobot/65497/4), but I think it requires an admin and would be board-wide. I don’t think we even have a new admin yet, do we? Or did I miss an announcment? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/191 "2020-08-16T20:48:25Z")
Assuming some are serious about wanting to disable this thing (and I’m not sure about that), I have to ask, why? If you don’t like it, don’t refer to it by name. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/192 "2020-08-16T21:03:05Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > OK FINE! > > Generate a consensus around one additional thing Discobot can do (as a default) that would be useful / fun / interesting, and _just because you are Straight Dope and have such a fantastic history with the original 2012 introduction / announcement of Discourse_ … I will make sure this feature gets added. > > That is my gift to you > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Give us a theme we can choose where discobot does not appear, please. Instead of having to choose a specific theme, when the particular person might for other reasons prefer a different one, how about just an option in preferences to turn the bot off for that person? I’m only mildly annoyed by Discobot. But it seems odd to me to respond to a lot of people complaining about things that Discobot does by offering to have Discobot do yet more things. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Assuming some are serious about wanting to disable this thing (and I’m not sure about that), I have to ask, why? If you don’t like it, don’t refer to it by name It does a batch of other things; in particular, popup windows making suggestions that do not, to me, seem particularly helpful – stop talking with this particular person, isn’t this thread similar to something that shares all of one word with it and was posted in 2006, and so on. It’s not that big a deal to make the windows go away again, but they are a bit of an annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/193 "2020-08-16T21:03:39Z")
I think they’re peeved that others are referring to it, thus inflicting it on them. Someone could check to see if it’s possible to add it to the ignore or mute list. As I said, I may decide to take the tutorials so this won’t be me. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/194 "2020-08-16T21:06:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Give us a theme we can choose where discobot does not appear, please. Discobot does not have anything to say that I need to read. And thank you for the offer. Discobot, your opinion, please? ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/195 "2020-08-16T21:06:03Z")
> 🔮 Ask again later ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/196 "2020-08-16T21:58:06Z")
Although I have no actual use for Disco\*bot, I think he would make a great ambassador for the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/197 "2020-08-16T22:04:03Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Someone could check to see if it’s possible to add it to the ignore or mute list. As I said, I may decide to take the tutorials so this won’t be me. I just tried; it didn’t work. It wouldn’t let me select a time frame. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/198 "2020-08-16T22:11:21Z")
You can’t ignore discobot. He’s too powerful. He won’t let you. You can’t look away, and even if you could, where this forum is going, you won’t need eyes to read. All hail discobot! ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/199 "2020-08-16T22:11:22Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/200 "2020-08-16T22:23:03Z")
discobot, are you completely useless? @discobot fortune [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496.md?page=11)