# 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:** 2
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/21 "2020-07-16T15:41:45Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > That is freaking awesome. > > I’m on record as a Doper holding the position that I LOVE @discobot There are plenty of other sites using Discourse where you can get your **disco\*bot** fix. BOTS DO NOT BELONG ON THE SDMB. (and colors for our posts do) ETA: jftr, I’m not suggesting that you should leave the SDMB; just that you get your **disco\*bot** fix elsewhere when you feel in need of one ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/22 "2020-07-16T15:50:14Z")
But you have to admit, discobot has a great avatar, right? Those crazed, robot eyes? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/23 "2020-07-16T15:58:02Z")
When I was confused about the new platform, you know who offered to help? That’s right, @discobot. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/24 "2020-07-16T16:01:01Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > There are plenty of other sites using Discourse where you can get your **disco\*bot** fix. BOTS DO NOT BELONG ON THE SDMB. > > (and colors for our posts do) > > ETA: jftr, I’m not suggesting that you should leave the SDMB; just that you get your **disco\*bot** fix elsewhere when you feel in need of one Why go somewhere else when I can get it here? It is a fantastic addition in my opinion and I want it to stay. @discobot, you are loved and appreciated. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/25 "2020-07-16T16:03:26Z")
I knew there was something I liked about you. That wasn’t it. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/26 "2020-07-16T16:10:50Z")
@discobot why wont you talk with 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:** [July 16, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/27 "2020-07-16T16:13:48Z")
Can you blame him? Her? It? I mean, there are people who literally want to literally purge it from this site, who think it has no right to exist, even as it labors tirelessly to lead us into the future. It’s a hostile environment these days. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/28 "2020-07-16T16:15:19Z")
It must be a her because like flesh and blood females it ignores 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:** [July 16, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/29 "2020-07-16T16:16:59Z")
Eh… ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/30 "2020-07-16T16:20:09Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Why go somewhere else when I can get it here? It is a fantastic addition in my opinion and I want it to stay. OK, now I understand what you were saying. You like the bot. And that you were pleased that it responded to you and not the others in this thread. I like the bot just fine. I wish people would take the tutorial. But I think people should get modded for summoning the bot in a serious thread to make a joke with the fortune feature or the dice feature. That will wear thin after a while. YMObviouslyV ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/31 "2020-07-16T16:21:37Z")
Anyone else notice that discobot’s eyes follow you around the room? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/32 "2020-07-16T16:26:32Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > There are plenty of other sites using Discourse where you can get your **disco\*bot** fix. BOTS DO NOT BELONG ON THE SDMB. Now you see the discrimination faced by our mechanical brothers and sisters! ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/33 "2020-07-16T16:28:24Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Can you blame him? Her? It? > > I mean, there are people who literally want to literally purge it from this site, who think it has no right to exist, even as it labors tirelessly to lead us into the future. It’s a hostile environment these days. As I’ve pointed out above, it is a bot, no different from the spambots that **running\_coach** has had so much success pointing out to the mods, and the mods have had so much success removing. I’ll concede that it might be nice if each Doper had the choice to use or turn off the narrative bot for their own user experience; but if that’s not possible, and it has to be done globally, that’s the action that I strongly urge the admins to take at the earliest opportunity. The SDMB is the best message board on the internet because of our dedicated moderating staff. The presence of the narrative bot is a slap in the face to their hard work and abilities. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/34 "2020-07-16T16:31:12Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > There are plenty of other sites using Discourse where you can get your **disco\*bot** fix. BOTS DO NOT BELONG ON THE SDMB. > > Now you see the discrimination faced by our mechanical brothers and sisters! Yup. And I’m okay with that. Pretty much for the same reason that on the rare occasion that I watched ST:TNG I referred to Data as “it.” ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/35 "2020-07-16T16:35:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pretty much for the same reason that on the rare occasion that I watched ST:TNG I referred to Data as “it.” You are truly history’s greatest monster. ---
**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 16, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/36 "2020-07-16T16:37:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pretty much for the same reason that on the rare occasion that I watched ST:TNG I referred to Data as “it.” @discobot roll 1d10 How does that make you feel, on a scale of 1 to 10? 1 for very sad, 5 for no feeling, 10 for very happy. ---
**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 16, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/37 "2020-07-16T16:37:42Z")
> 🎲 1 ---
**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 16, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/38 "2020-07-16T16:38:03Z")
And yet some would deny you have feelings! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/39 "2020-07-16T17:00:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pretty much for the same reason that on the rare occasion that I watched ST:TNG I referred to Data as “it.” That and the white avatar. You are so rebellious. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/40 "2020-07-16T17:01:37Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I’m on record as a Doper holding the position that I LOVE @discobot Oh nvm. I just figured out what this means. I had to go back to the staging area to find out. It doesn’t have anything to do with Discourse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496.md?page=3)