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Well... Chatbots are now a thing on PSN
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Wait, you also have a great long lost great uncle who ruled a small nation?
WaterAstro
Member
Is it really a bot or some person working for some dating scam company?
Stormhammer
Member
not enough XDs OP
UziTheBeast
Banned
The gametester part got me as well. Letting the ladybot know this boy has work!
Ok I'm done, thanks for the laughs OP!
Herp Derpington
Member
Yes, relax OP 30 isn't old. Don't feel like you have to qualify your age like that.
mortal
Gold Member
It's impressive as most of this happened mostly in a 20-year span, and we have yet to even crack the surface. OP was actually fooled for a moment and going by those screenshots I can see why.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Got hit by the same shit last week. Indulged, but bucked at the cc. Was legit curious, because I had never seen this before on Psn.
Some of the response to me differ slightly though, so it's not exactly a bot, I think. Like the spammer said they had just got back from spring vacation, in may, which I thought was humorous.
Some of the response to me differ slightly though, so it's not exactly a bot, I think. Like the spammer said they had just got back from spring vacation, in may, which I thought was humorous.
Orochinagis
Member
I had one that usually sent me psn codes urls.
dukeoflegs
Member
I got a message from a boy about a month ago, noticed no picture, games played, and deleted the message.
Last night I got a message that I'm in some group chat for free stuff if I follow a shortened web address. Unfollowed that group chat. Checked my messaging settings and it was set to anyone could message me, I don't remember changing that, but changed it back to only friends.
Last night I got a message that I'm in some group chat for free stuff if I follow a shortened web address. Unfollowed that group chat. Checked my messaging settings and it was set to anyone could message me, I don't remember changing that, but changed it back to only friends.
SonicXtreme
Member
i got one of these the night before my PSN account got hacked, i'm quite sure it's a ploy to ultimately try and get some security info out of people.
xmajinjoshx
Member
Had one the other day. Word for word exact on their end. Normally not giving my age out to complete strangers like that, I just told them I was an old fart. When they gave me their a/s/l like it was the 90's, and asked what I was doing, I just followed up with "reporting an obvious spam bot". And reported I did. Good times.
I'm a lonely single guy, so I'm gonna have fun with this if I get a message.
But not the intended fun. I'm gonna try to derail the conversation to talk about kangaroos, discuss how to murder people, and try to get it to spout racial slurs.
Gotta see just how good the bots are at empathizing.
But not the intended fun. I'm gonna try to derail the conversation to talk about kangaroos, discuss how to murder people, and try to get it to spout racial slurs.
Gotta see just how good the bots are at empathizing.
Logged onto PSN for the first time in abit just now an was greeted to one of these messages x.x
How do ya block/report people on PS4? Its simple enough on PS3 but I'm having the hardest time figuring out how on the new console. Wouldn't be a problem for me to boot up my PS3 an do it from there but it would be good ta know for the future.
How do ya block/report people on PS4? Its simple enough on PS3 but I'm having the hardest time figuring out how on the new console. Wouldn't be a problem for me to boot up my PS3 an do it from there but it would be good ta know for the future.
BigEmil
Junior Member
Goto message, press Options button click Report.
Or goto their profile, click on the 3dots should be a report there or press options in their profile
ChoppedandScrewed
Member
Only 30.
Zippedpinhead
Member
I have gotten pinged twice by them in the past week.
Thanks! Abit more complicated than on PS3 but works all the same!
Jason Frost
Member
So, you can be banned from PSN by reporting too many spam bots?
BigEmil
Junior Member
I think if you report too often in a small time period then you have to be cautious but i doubt you'll get many separate chatbots to you that quick, when you report them there's also an optional textbox you can write details in just say it's a chatbot
Don't give them too much credit, bots like this one will never pass the touring test. -At least not for another decade or two, they just react in a very limited way to input(by imput I mean even a simpe "?" or even a blank message), using set sentences with the ultimate goal to make the user click their link and be scammed.
@OP: As English is not my mother tongue: What does "only 30" mean though. Did you mean that you're only 30 and by that, still young and active or what? ^^ -also wow, 30 and still studying?
Naughty_Doge
Member
Detroit viral marketing?
This is probably the best way to respond to bots, absolutely hilarious. Top marks to you haha laughed the whole way through!
John Kowalski
Banned
Lol I blocked this dude because I thought it was an actual person, I mean a bot is bad but an actual person is kinda worse
KernelPanic
Member
Wow I just got added by someone into a chat like that on PSN.
Figured it was a spammer or something as they were level 1 so I deleted them.
Figured it was a spammer or something as they were level 1 so I deleted them.
funroll-loops
Member
It's funny seeing this after the prior comments in this thread about advanced bot AI. Looks like they're just using the same tricks that advertisers and scammers have been doing for ages
makingmusic476
Member
Haven't been hit by one of these bots yet. I've been a PSN member since PS3 launch. /lucky
Nydius
Member
Yep, had that happen about a month ago. Some level 1 account added me and a whole bunch of others to a group with a message about cheap PSN cards. Reported as spam, left the group, set my messages to friends only.
Have heard from others on my friends list and Destiny clan that they're getting these group spams frequently, almost always the same scam about cheap PSN cards.
BareKnuckle
Member
Massive cringe isn't it.
Massive fuckin cringe, it got worse when the other dude posted his and it was the exact same messages haha.
Sorry OP.
Massive fuckin cringe, it got worse when the other dude posted his and it was the exact same messages haha.
Sorry OP.
xenorevlis
Member
You know what would be cool? If that Half Life 3 bot from reddit and similar stuff was part of these lame chatbots.
You know what I'm talking about? Like the bot that used to show up on reddit whenever someone mentioned HL3, to tell you that because you mentioned it the game is now delayed by 1 month and the expected release date is (the date totaled up to that point).
You know what I'm talking about? Like the bot that used to show up on reddit whenever someone mentioned HL3, to tell you that because you mentioned it the game is now delayed by 1 month and the expected release date is (the date totaled up to that point).
Son Of Sparda
Member
Oh, they've been a thing for a while now. Every other day I find myself having added to some weird group with strange messages.
Sevenfold
Member
Don't have the means, environment, or the time. That cracked me up OP.
There's something weirdly satisfying about getting one over on bots. I think it may be foreshadowing oO
This was great
There's something weirdly satisfying about getting one over on bots. I think it may be foreshadowing oO
This was great
stargateheaven
Member
had 2 of these in the last week.
both same messages.
i reported and sony responded that it dosen't breach their code of conduct under "spam"
thanks SONY!!! making psn a worse place to be everyday.
both same messages.
i reported and sony responded that it dosen't breach their code of conduct under "spam"
thanks SONY!!! making psn a worse place to be everyday.
HighResTomato
Member
Sony has a responsibility to it's base, don't you feel safe?
Scofield94941
Member
What I took away from this is I cant believe people really text with XD
Poor GRIMES
Banned
And Sony thinks this type of shit justifies a $10 subscription fee? Lmfao
QuantumSquid
Member
People still say "hai" in 2017?
Not even God can help us now.
Not even God can help us now.
Svejk
Member
Yes. This just happened to me a few days ago. I blocked it, but this is not cool at all.
Please... anyone on here have a suggestion on how to get Sony to filter this crap? I thought you had to accept a friend request before getting a message from anyone... is there a setting that blocks anyone that's not on your friends list?
Please... anyone on here have a suggestion on how to get Sony to filter this crap? I thought you had to accept a friend request before getting a message from anyone... is there a setting that blocks anyone that's not on your friends list?
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
Uhh... what? He was just being polite. Not like he tripped over himself and acted desperate. Sometimes people on GAF are a little too snarky for their own good.
What?
SwordStruck
Member
Weird, am I the only one that's been getting stuff like this for several months now on PSN? Once or twice a week I'll get added to a chat trying to link some shady code site.
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