On 7-Jan-2008, "Leszek L." <lleszek@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote in message <flt35f$gq0$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hi,
>
> Is there a word for people who ask complex, unclear
> questions, and let others discuss them at length,
> but never make themselves another appearance
> on the thread?
>
> Not trolls, not spammers, but... what are they?
I've seen "drive-by poster/posting", by analogy with drive-by
shooter/shooting. Another I've come across for the behavior is
"post-and-run", by analogy with hit-and-run accidents, but that one
doesn't lend itself easily to a term for the posters themselves.
> Come to think of it... are they humans, or some
> advanced AI bots exploring our reactions?
Is there a difference? :-)
--
Jim Heckman
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