Comments on: I Just Became A Statistic In A Social Experiment

By: ashlee

ashlee — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:48:12 +0000

yahhh i just got an experince with it how do i get rid of it

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Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:04:33 +0000

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By: ManiX

ManiX — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:51:31 +0000

I think this is awesome, just wish that the creator made it obvious that there’s real people online on the other end

I like it, gets you talking to some good people sometimes

By: Mike Wilton

Mike Wilton — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:14:23 +0000

@HamatoKameko – You did the opt out option and you are still getting hit with the bot? I’m surprised…I haven’t been hit with one since I opted out. If you read the wiki article about Coho bots you can get some info on the group that claims to be responsible for it, but I doubt it will do you any good.

If I recall they have a community on LiveJournal about it that the group either created or frequents. Your best bet would be to do the opt out thing as soon as you get a coho IM. The other idea might be to keep my blog post link handy to share with the other victims you wind up getting in an IM with.

By: HamatoKameko

HamatoKameko — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:17:48 +0000

I’m livid. I’ve been “stalked” by this apparent bot for months now; at least every other week it seems I get another message from one of the Coho names. I’m sick to death of dealing with it and blocking it does absolutely no good–I just get messaged again by another Coho name. I’m tired of getting into arguments with other victims–and yes, I do see us as victims. It may seem cute and harmless when you’re only messaged once, maybe twice, but I guarantee you’ll change your mind after the tenth or twelfth time this thing hits you.

I, for one, want to know who is responsible for this thing, so at the very least I can demand my screenname be permanently blocked from their bots.

Getting a chance to punch this person in the nose wouldn’t hurt, either.

By: JustusThane

JustusThane — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:46:52 +0000

I think this is a great idea. I’m stuck at home on a Friday night (dead car battery), and “ModelCoho” randomly messaged me. I messaged back, and it ended up making my evening a little less mundane.

By: Caught an IM Coho and Threw It Back « Palafo

Caught an IM Coho and Threw It Back « Palafo — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:23:36 +0000

[...] Once I found out the cause of the IMs, they seemed less alarming. I imagine there are even people who use these as an opportunity to goof on random strangers with wacky nonsense. (You show up to the other user as something-coho.) [...]

By: dropsafe : If you are getting Coho-spam on AIM…

dropsafe : If you are getting Coho-spam on AIM… — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:05:45 +0000

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