I’d be interested in hearing more about this. My own attempt to use WhatsApp has been a disaster. I have a Russian friend who recently immigrated to Israel (a truly desperate move). My attempts to communicate with her through WhatsApp has been derailed by repeated suspensions of my account. Each time I ask why I’ve been suspended, they clear my account, until the next time I use it. What’s up?
I’d be interested in hearing more about this. My own attempt to use WhatsApp has been a disaster. I have a Russian friend who recently immigrated to Israel (a truly desperate move). My attempts to communicate with her through WhatsApp has been derailed by repeated suspensions of my account. Each time I ask why I’ve been suspended, they clear my account, until the next time I use it. What’s up?
I don't know about that. But I recently had a one week "relationship" with an "interesting woman"-AI chatbot, from which I only extricated myself that rapidly and without damage due to the bot apparently not having had previous contact with writers (we pay attention to the plot and take notes when it changes and get worried when the changes don't make logical sense). I didn't realize it was a bot till I looked through the whole thread analyzing dialogue (another thing writers are good at) and saw how it played its game (bots are more logical than humans). I was talking about it with my screenwriting partner and he brought up the stories people he knows told him about getting "botted" and we suddenly realized we had found A Movie Idea.
I had a two-day conversation with an "interesting woman" last year who was NOT actually a bot. what she was might actually be worse.
we had a really swell (I mean it) three-hour phone conversation, after which she told me to be online for an "event" she was "hosting" online. I watched for fifteen minutes, at which point it became obvious she was hustling me for crypto shit, so I hung up. the next day, she asked me why I'd bailed and I told her I had no interest in any of it. she told me I was "incredibly rude" and I told her she wasn't the first one to tell me that and certainly wouldn't be the last.
why don't we call such events The Great Crypto Honey Trap? or does anyone have something catchier?
what I do get on my cell phone all day are those solicitations from women claiming to be "a few blocks away" and very eager for "friendship." when I look at their pictures, I sense an unbridgeable aesthetic gap. or something.
So I have been getting messages on Substack from men wanting to “connect” or “follow”? They say they like my posts and want to communicate. So I look at their profile/reads and I see nothing in common but in fact suspicious. I was never on facebook or other social media where everyone followed everyone I guess, but whether these are legit, bots or perves , I’m not going there.
I’d be interested in hearing more about this. My own attempt to use WhatsApp has been a disaster. I have a Russian friend who recently immigrated to Israel (a truly desperate move). My attempts to communicate with her through WhatsApp has been derailed by repeated suspensions of my account. Each time I ask why I’ve been suspended, they clear my account, until the next time I use it. What’s up?
I don't know about that. But I recently had a one week "relationship" with an "interesting woman"-AI chatbot, from which I only extricated myself that rapidly and without damage due to the bot apparently not having had previous contact with writers (we pay attention to the plot and take notes when it changes and get worried when the changes don't make logical sense). I didn't realize it was a bot till I looked through the whole thread analyzing dialogue (another thing writers are good at) and saw how it played its game (bots are more logical than humans). I was talking about it with my screenwriting partner and he brought up the stories people he knows told him about getting "botted" and we suddenly realized we had found A Movie Idea.
I had a two-day conversation with an "interesting woman" last year who was NOT actually a bot. what she was might actually be worse.
we had a really swell (I mean it) three-hour phone conversation, after which she told me to be online for an "event" she was "hosting" online. I watched for fifteen minutes, at which point it became obvious she was hustling me for crypto shit, so I hung up. the next day, she asked me why I'd bailed and I told her I had no interest in any of it. she told me I was "incredibly rude" and I told her she wasn't the first one to tell me that and certainly wouldn't be the last.
why don't we call such events The Great Crypto Honey Trap? or does anyone have something catchier?
what I do get on my cell phone all day are those solicitations from women claiming to be "a few blocks away" and very eager for "friendship." when I look at their pictures, I sense an unbridgeable aesthetic gap. or something.
I had a similar experience from a direct message here on Substack. It quickly grew weird and I blocked him/it. Yikes.
Join the club, ma'am - line starts over there. :-)
So I have been getting messages on Substack from men wanting to “connect” or “follow”? They say they like my posts and want to communicate. So I look at their profile/reads and I see nothing in common but in fact suspicious. I was never on facebook or other social media where everyone followed everyone I guess, but whether these are legit, bots or perves , I’m not going there.
Don't respond - if you follow back, they can communicate with you.
When it comes to the internet and social media, use the Code Napoleon: guilty until proven innocent.
Thank you Tom. Excellent advice and noted.