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| title = ContextBot | | title = ContextBot | ||
| image = contextbot.png | | image = contextbot.png | ||
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| titletext = If you read all vaguebooking/vaguetweeting with the assumption that they're saying everything they can without revealing classified military information, the internet gets way more exciting. | | titletext = If you read all vaguebooking/vaguetweeting with the assumption that they're saying everything they can without revealing classified military information, the internet gets way more exciting. | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
− | This comic is a commentary on the practice of [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vaguebooking "vaguebooking"] or [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vaguetweeting "vaguetweeting"], which is posting a | + | This comic is a commentary on the practice of [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vaguebooking "vaguebooking"] or [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=vaguetweeting "vaguetweeting"], which is posting a vague message of sadness or frustration in a status update on Facebook or a tweet on Twitter, hoping someone will respond with sympathetic messages like "Is everything OK?" or "Call Me?". The worst is when someone puts a vague status like that and someone responds asking them what happened and the initial poster responds with "I don't want to talk about it." Well, if you didn't want to talk about it, why are you putting up this vague status fishing for responses? Just keep it to yourself if you don't want to talk about it! |
− | + | In the comic, ContextBot is a fictitious Google invention which puts context for these statuses, presumably based on the personal data which Google has collected: | |
− | *The first response is pretty self-explanatory: the original poster wants to use the Internet while on the toilet, but can't get a {{w|wi-fi}} signal there. | + | * The first response is pretty self-explanatory: the original poster wants to use the Internet while on the toilet, but can't get a {{w|wi-fi}} signal there. |
− | *The second response is about a bad {{w|torrent file}} the original poster downloaded. A ''torrent'' is a way to download files from a lot of different sources at the same time, thereby speeding up the process; it is typically used for large downloads such as movies, games, or Linux software distributions. Fake torrents exist, which usually contain an encrypted {{w|.rar}} file which requires a password to open. To get the password, you usually need to go through a survey | + | * The second response is about a bad {{w|torrent file}} the original poster downloaded. A ''torrent'' is a way to download files from a lot of different sources at the same time, thereby speeding up the process; it is typically used for large downloads such as movies, games, or Linux software distributions. Fake torrents exist, which usually contain an encrypted {{w|.rar}} file which requires a password to open. To get the password, you usually need to go through a survey through the link supplied in the torrent; in some situations, you even need to pay in order to get the password. Even after that, it's quite likely that the .rar file just contains trash files, instead of the download you wanted. |
− | *The third response is about | + | * The third response is about an xkcd favorite, ''{{w|Minecraft}}'', which has been [[861: Wisdom Teeth|referenced]] [[882: Significant|multiple]] [[1110: Click and Drag|times]] in xkcd comics. Diamond is the most valuable resource in the game, and it gets destroyed if you drop it into lava. |
− | *The fourth response is about how the original poster mistook the grapes as being seedless. Grape seeds taste really bitter and are uncomfortable when swallowed; this is even more annoying when the seeds are unexpected | + | * The fourth response is about how the original poster mistook the grapes as being seedless. Grape seeds taste really bitter and are uncomfortable when swallowed; this is even more annoying when the seeds are unexpected. |
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In the ContextBot's avatar image, three people can be seen together hanging out. But the image is about to be cropped, leaving out the third person and therefore giving the impression that the two people in the cropped image are there without that person. This demonstrates how ''context'' is important to understanding a situation. | In the ContextBot's avatar image, three people can be seen together hanging out. But the image is about to be cropped, leaving out the third person and therefore giving the impression that the two people in the cropped image are there without that person. This demonstrates how ''context'' is important to understanding a situation. | ||
− | + | == Transcript == | |
− | + | : [A social network feed with four status updates from four different people. Each one has a reply from the same account, which is called 'ContextBot', underneath.] | |
− | ==Transcript== | + | : Close-up face with glasses: The things I put up with... |
− | :[A social network feed with four status updates from four different people | + | : ContextBot: (His building's WiFi doesn't reach the bathroom.) |
− | :Close-up face with | + | : Male female couple: You'd think by now I'd have learned never to trust anyone. |
− | :ContextBot: (His building's WiFi doesn't reach the bathroom.) | + | : ContextBot: (She downloaded a torrent that turned out to be an encrypted .rar and a link to a survey.) |
− | : | + | : Blonde girl with bangs: I officially give up. |
− | :ContextBot: (She downloaded a torrent that turned out to be an encrypted .rar and a link to a survey.) | + | : ContextBot: (She hit alt-tab to hide Minecraft at work and accidentally dropped a stack of diamond into lava.) |
− | : | + | : Spiky hair guy: Sighhhh |
− | :ContextBot: (She hit alt-tab to hide Minecraft at work and accidentally dropped a stack of diamond into lava.) | + | : ContextBot: (He thought these grapes were seedless.) |
− | : | + | : Everyone stopped complaining about Google's data-gathering when they launched ContextBot, a system which replies to vague, enigmatic social network posts with context from the poster's life. |
− | :ContextBot: (He thought these grapes were seedless.) | ||
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− | :Everyone stopped complaining about Google's data-gathering when they launched ContextBot, a system which replies to vague, enigmatic social network posts with context from the poster's life. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Social networking]] | [[Category:Social networking]] | ||
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