Where have all the bots gone???
Specifically where have all the Piston based bots gone, mine is giving errors all over the place. I can see some other bots in action that are a different implementation. I seem to have missed the memo and there doesn't look like a lot of chatter about it. Has a bot non-proliferation treaty been signed?
That is really odd. That could explain the drop in vote count.
True that !
For sure, myself and @opheliafu vote while we sleep so blogs we follow will still get upvoted (:
Noticed the votes were right down
Almost as many upvotes as views in lots of posts!
Good question ! I was already wondering that something is going on ? Some kind of bot strike for the weekend ? 😜
My bot isn't part of the bot Union so it's not voluntary :)
All I dream of is my own little reading help AI. I am fascinated with bots, the ones who are not members of the union :)
nice post @cryptofunk
Thanks would love to sample your food
Been wondering the same thing!
Bots gotta bot!
So I asked Cleverbot...
Where have all the Steemit bots gone?
Cleverbot: In the cupboards.
Dafuq are they doing in there?
Cleverbot: They are being vaccumes?
Uh..ok. Well that's weird.
Cleverbot: Not really, how so?
Bots don't belong in the cupboards. They belong on Steemit.
Cleverbot: Where do they belong?
Steemit. I just said that.
Cleverbot: No I didn't.
You're not so clever after all, are you?
Cleverbot: Neither are you.
Ouch, Clever bot...Ouch.
Don't apply oil to that burn
I packed it with salt instead...and then disabled Cleverbot forever.
sigh
Jk, I'm not a hacker - unfortunately.
Sadly, I use bot to encourage steemians. I delegated my upvote to bot and read they posting later then in my free time I read it and leaved comment. Nice ! :)
Let's hope they can make a comeback
Mine stopped working a couple days ago too. Not sure why. Something funny going on with steemit.com and piston.rocks websockets. I switched to one of the others on this list to get going again. I guess the more permanent solution is to set up a full node locally and run the bot against that.
I think that is how the current operational bots are running, but I guess a lot use Piston for simplicity and less hardware requirement like myself
I use piston too. You can adjust it to use other websockets, including your own steemd node. Hardware is an issue for me too though. For mining, I'm running 4 steemd nodes in 2 linux VMs with 4 or 8 G of RAM each. But because of the database size, they're all configured as low-memory nodes, which doesn't give me all the information I need for my bot to run its checks.
I'm a python noob, I call Steem like this because I'm upvoting with more than one account, or maybe more... steem = Steem(wif=[posting_key[0],posting_key[1]]), how would I use the other steemd nodes?
Python is new to me too, but I think you just need to add a "node=" argument to your Steem() call. i.e.
steem = Steem(node=[public websocket URL], wif=[posting_key[0],posting_key[1]]), ...). I switched to the one from @gtg in the list above when the one from steemit broke.
I suspect a secret handshake was made to switch off permanently or temporarily, it is a free service at the end of the day so i'm thankful for it
Nesting limit. Replying to:
I agree. Seems consistent with "the whale experiment."
FYI, if the others go away too, you can get most of the block chain information by setting up your own low memory node in a linux vm with 4g of RAM (and a good bit of disk space). The only thing I've noticed (so far) that's missing from mine are the secondary tags.
Can't say I want to run a node or mine atm, if my bot is disabled it's no biggy
Nevermind I figured it out, thanks :D
Bot's vacation season? ;)
Recharging their batteries
Dear @cryptofunk! Clear and enjoyable, thanks!
If you ask me better they never fix it ! In fork 17 all will be able to delegate power so the need of bots will be 0 ?
My favourite authors can receive upvotes while I sleep, work and sh@#
Your favoUrite autors never put a bad content ? LOL ! One more who upvote blind ....
Humans have bad days, bots have bot days :)