# 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:** 5
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/81 "2020-07-16T23:56:11Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Meh. It’s not a big deal. I do actually think it’s most likely that people will get tired of the shiny new toy. @discobot fortune ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/82 "2020-07-16T23:56:15Z")
> 🔮 As I see it, yes ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/83 "2020-07-16T23:56:38Z")
Well I’ll be. Discobot agrees with BigT on this one. ---
**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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/84 "2020-07-16T23:57:15Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > who is Byron Pulsifier? Best known for his utterance :" If you have no respect for your own values how can you be worthy of respect from others." ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/85 "2020-07-17T00:03:32Z")
seems circular to me. “not that there’s anything wrong with it” ETA: I’m now having a tutorial via pm with discobot. for what that’s worth. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/86 "2020-07-17T00:35:24Z")
I am not trying to get banned. Since I am simple, I am using Sam’s interface and have not yet seen this wonderful creation. But let’s face it — no unsolicited advice, googly eyes, annoying appearances, helpful comments (It looks like your writing a letter! Can I help? I could sing “99 bottles of beer on the wall” as you write!)… It’s good, sure. But it’s not Microsoft good. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/87 "2020-07-17T01:40:31Z")
I keep odd hours as well. I’ve not seen the board go down or be anything but perfectly on the dot, when I punch it up. @BigT, you might be having a connection problem. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/88 "2020-07-17T01:50:52Z")
I had no problems with any other site. And, like I said, I’m not the only poster who mentioned it. Someone said they almost went to the Giraffe Boards to check. Plus, well, it did connect. The page I got back was just blank. It had the HTML skeleton of the page, but no actual content. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/89 "2020-07-17T02:06:24Z")
Intentionally using Discobot to annoy someone else on the SDMB is jerkish behavior, and you can be moderated for it. As for the new site, I personally wouldn’t say it’s running like a Swiss timepiece, but it’s definitely a lot better than the old site. We’ve had a few server farts, but they have been few and far between. They are rare enough that many users haven’t encountered any issues like that here on the new site. The developers are still tweaking things behind the scenes, so that might be responsible for some of the hiccups. And for those of you who miss Clippy, I believe he’s available as an add-on if you are using Microsoft Teams. Enjoy! ---
**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 17, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/90 "2020-07-17T02:08:00Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > And for those of you who miss Clippy, I believe he’s available as an add-on if you are using Microsoft Teams. Enjoy! All three of 'em, right? ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/91 "2020-07-17T03:14:02Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > > > I know some people don’t handle change very well,… > > Well this just about sums it up, now doesn’t it. > > Maybe soooomebody is just a little jealous of the attention being showered on the “bot. > > Is that the case? > > @kaylasdad99 fortune It is decidedly so (that I’m going to suck it up and live with it). ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/92 "2020-07-17T04:18:38Z")
As a cisorganic person, I think we need a safe space for transorganic posters. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/93 "2020-07-17T07:17:21Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > If you don’t like Discobot, avatars, new smilies, scroll bars, or any other changes that come with switching software, sorry, but you’re just going to have to find a way to deal with it. I agree with BigT that this looks like a strawman. I’m not a fan of the bot, but I don’t have any major complaints about the rest of the changes and I agree that it is running very smoothly. Full disclosure: in my case it may be fundamentally a beef with a certain aspect of Doper culture. Going back to the 1990s I have always gotten irritated when a thread starts getting spammed up with a bunch of puns. I just don’t like scrolling through all that nonsense to read something interesting, and it feels the same with this bot. > [@running\_coach](#): > > It looks like you’re trying to get banned. Can I help? 🤣 Well played. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/94 "2020-07-17T13:42:11Z")
Other than once or twice when I was brand new, and in this thread, I haven’t seen discobot at all. Is this a problem that needs to be solved? ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/95 "2020-07-17T13:50:26Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > > [@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. yes he is! I am outraged. and I have the emoji to prove it! 😡 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/96 "2020-07-17T15:15:39Z")
I’ve been known to exasperate and kill bots. I got a new ‘sooper seekrit’ phone. Since it’s secret I have had to activate it in private. I was doing it good when all of a sudden I looked on the screen and a little robot icon was laying on his back with a door open in his tummy. I had to open a live text chat to get sorted. The bot is still dead, but my secret phone is up and running. I have to live with the shame. I killed another robot. 🤖 @discobot fortune ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/97 "2020-07-17T15:25:41Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Is this a problem that needs to be solved? No it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/98 "2020-07-17T15:28:51Z")
I think I frightened the little guy. @discobot fortune ---
**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 17, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/99 "2020-07-17T15:28:53Z")
> 🔮 My reply is no ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-disco-bot/915496/100 "2020-07-17T15:29:18Z")
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