There’s a window for both being able to edit and delete posts. Not sure how long it runs, though, as I do most of my editing / proofreading before posting, and rarely have to delete anything 
That said, it drives me bonkers when I discover a typo after the fact 
The bot sounded stilted in their msgs to me 
Thank. I believe the limit for editing a comment under someone else’s topic is right at 60 minutes, and I think it’s the same for an OP. Didn’t realize there was a delete timeframe for OPs as well; and wonder if it gets truncated by someone commenting. Next time I have a dumb question, I’ll pay attention to the time frame.
I asked on mavii if they have mavii bots posting posting on forums and the answer was yes.
Btw, the other thread started by this user is about immersion blenders.
Perhaps the bot discussion could be split off into it’s own thread? I, for one, could stand to educate myself more about spotting bots and dealing with them, and a thermometer thread is not the best place for it! Not to mention that a question about choosing a meat thermometer is legitimate and probably shouldn’t be bogged down with all the bot stuff.
That discussion exists here:
AFAIK, things haven’t changed since the last post from 2024. If you suspect bot activity, flag & alert the mods & let them deal with it.
There is a separate discussion in the Site Discussion section. But it doesn’t have an identifiable title which includes the word bot. It is just called something like ‘wondering about this post’.
I suppose this raises the ethical question: even though discussions about the best meat thermometer or immersion blender are legitimate, would you be happy to be feeding free data to a bot in an AI information farm that it will then use without your consent for clicks and possibly for the profit of individuals controlling the bots?
Thanks, I’ll have to read it. All I can say for now is that I was wondering why one poster was so doggedly accusing another of being a bot and what were the tells, because I didn’t see any red flags.
No, I would not. That’s why I need to raise my game a little. Maybe a lot. Thanks.
This thread has some information on how to spot bots, I think
I linked that very discussion in my reply to @ricepad 
Well that very same user assumed @CCE and I were cashing in on sharing gift links… bc we don’t have any friends or some such. It didn’t make any sense, and it’s gone now.
I suspected the OP to possibly be a bot, but as I stated in the discussion I linked, flagging & alerting the mods is preferred over randomly yelling at users.
So you did!
(was immediately obvious to me as well, and I flagged, but I work with this technology in my own work, so.)
I used to have a patient in the early 90’s I called “the downloader”. I can’t clearly recall the state of the Internet at the time, but I remember he brought in reams of dot matrix printouts.
Seems like what he found was more reliable than what is out there now
It’s helpful to me to see this stated clearly and plainly.
And as the bots get more sophisticated, I welcome the info that helps me understand how to spot them. Which is to say: Thanks for sharing your insights @medgirl and @ElsieDee.
AFAIK the mods prefer this to be everyone’s MO — not just with suspicious posts, but also contentious posts. Instead of engaging we are supposed to flag & alert the mods.
Keeps the site clean, friendly, and welcoming to old and new users alike
that poster has very similar questions about smart lights, kitchen cookers on numerous other sites.
it is a bot, no question about it.
Back in the early 90’s, certainly before the World Wide Web, all that was available to me was through Compuserve: PubMed (part of the database maintained by NIH)- and it cost money to search and to download. Of course, it’s a prime source but you really had to know how to research - a skill that’s no longer necessary when Dr. TIkTok has office hours all the time.
