# Help me be antisocial. Uhhh, please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 14, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785 "2023-02-14T18:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/1 "2023-02-14T18:35:11Z")
It’s with my Amazon Echo (code name: Alexa) that I want to be antisocial. I’ve recently reactivated my late wife’s Echo, and every time I speak the wake-up word, it responds with\*: _Hello. I’d love to learn your voice so I can greet you by name. If you’d like to introduce yourself, just say “Learn my voice.”_ Well, I _wouldn’t_ like to introduce myself, but I _would_ like the Echo to stop asking. I’d be grateful if someone who knows how to disable this function would share the steps with me. I also want to stop receiving notifications that ask me how I’d rate the quality of, say, the light bulbs that I had Amazon deliver last week (not a real example). TIA \*actual quote ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/2 "2023-02-15T06:03:41Z")
These links are several years old but… [Turning off product ratings](https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:nrTkgVkWuXIJ:https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D54P00007WnnJJSAZ/how-do-i-get-alexa-to-stop-asking-me-to-rate-products&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) > In your Alexa app, go to Settings \> Notifications \> Amazon Shopping and turn OFF requests to rate purchases. [Turning off voice learning](https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hJePcVgRh-kJ:https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D54P00006zSwk0SAC/make-alexa-stop-asking-if-i-want-it-to-learn-my-voice&cd=11&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) > Go to your App > > 1 - Click three bars on left side (hamburger menu) > > 2 - Go down to “Settings” > > 3 - Go to “Account Settings” > > 4 - Go to “Recognized Voices” > > 5 - Delete any voice profiles you have there and then under “Automatic Voice Recognition” click the toggle to “off” Another user reports: > I had to contact customer service to get this to stop. I followed chain in amazon app to chat in app. Told the CS rep I wanted it to stop. They deleted a “voice request profile” or some such. I asked it I missed anything in settings and the CS said it was not something a user can do themselves. I just got this done, so I am hoping it worked. If it does work I probably won’t be back to update, as I’ll have forgotten because of my lack of ‘request bliss’. Amazon’s customer service number is: 1-888-280-4331 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/3 "2023-02-15T10:06:34Z")
Seconding @Dr.Crap. You will find A LOT of customization options in _settings_ in the Alexa app on your phone. Just go in there and patiently look at everything. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/4 "2023-02-20T20:40:03Z")
Just out of curiosity, what happens if you say “Alexa - eff off!”. ? ---
**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:** [February 20, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/5 "2023-02-20T20:47:52Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > what happens if you say “Alexa - eff off!” Siri used to be a bit of a prude. Not sure if she still is. Both Alexa and Google Nest accept “SHUT THE FUCK UP” as a valid command. It will stop whatever they are currently doing but it doesn’t change any settings. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/6 "2023-02-20T20:54:04Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Both Alexa and Google Nest accept “SHUT THE FUCK UP” as a valid command. It will stop whatever they are currently doing but it doesn’t change any settings. How can we avoid catastrophic repercussions when the singularity comes? I mean … right now, Alexa’s on top of the fridge, parked next to a humidifier. Given the right motivation – to me – that’s a potentially potent triumvirate. No way. I can’t risk it. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/7 "2023-02-21T21:59:34Z")
Whenever Alexa gives me an answer to a question, I thank her. She gets pouty and passive-aggressive if I don’t. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/8 "2023-02-21T22:45:55Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > Whenever Alexa gives me an answer to a question, I thank her. She gets pouty and passive-aggressive if l don’t. I thank mine, too, but it’s never gotten pouty when I don’t. But your comment does give me an idea: Joan never liked the name “Alexa,” so she made the wake-up word “Echo.” So, in keeping with my disinclination to think of the device as a person, I just changed the wake-up word back to “Echo” as well. And now what I’d _really_ like is to reprogram the device to have a hostile personality, like a Bad Janet from _The Good Place._ _Echo, what’s the temperature outside?_ _Right now, in Portland Oregon, it’s forty-two degrees Fahrenheit, ya fat dink._ _Thank you, Echo. Go back to your void._ _[fart noise]_ I’ma try introducing myself as “Ya Fat Dink,” and see how that works out. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785/9 "2023-02-21T23:29:20Z")
😠 It didn’t work. I need to change the name on my Alexa profile, but when I change it to “Ya Fat Dink” and tell it to learn my voice, it asks if I’m “Ya Fat [_BLEEP_]” The Alexa app thinks “_dink_” is a swear. Fuck.