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Hubertus

All these bots

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I'd like to share a story.

 

So a long time ago when I worked with Dreamer's Software (Don't bother looking it up, the company merged) we had forums, just like these forums here. One day a Google bot came along, did its link following and data collection, and left. Every months or so another one would come along, stay for a few minutes, and leave.

 

On these forums, the Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Facebook bots never seem to get a break. They're always here, silent companions as we search for something new and interesting to pop up on the forums. I like to think of them as an ancient order of knowledge hungry seers, using their crystal balls to search the universe for new content.

 

This isn't real, but I like to pretend it is.

 

The seers have dedicated themselves to archiving every bit of knowledge in the universe, and have an infinite appetite for new stories. But because they already know everything that exists at this moment, they are perpetually bored. Every new post is like New Year's fireworks, which they devour with the wonder of a reading a book for the first time.

 

This isn't real, but I like to pretend it is.

 

And so they continue perusing the forums, hoping for some reprieve from the insatiable desire for more. And when I post this thread, for a few fleeting moments, they will be satisfied.

 

They will copy its contents and file them away in their grand library of knowledge, in which every page of the internet is kept. And there, on the shelves of eternity, it will remain long after I am gone, a perfect record of what I wrote her today. It carries a piece of my soul, and will exist long after I leave these forums.

 

This isn't real, but it might as well be.

 

So what is the moral of this delusion? Firstly, no idea, however small, is inconsiquential. People like seeing new content, so don't be afraid to get creative. Make a cool new suggestion or contribute to an existing one, show off your awesome houses (Seriously, the showoff forum is a graveyard), report that bug you've been abusing for the last 10 releases, ect.

Secondly, there's an army of bots waiting in the wings to record what you're doing, which is why if you search "politician who misspelled potato" Google knows exactly who you're talking about.

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...if you search "politician who misspelled potato" Google knows...

 

Good tale and that ^ made me smile. :)

 

I know what you mean though, I posted over in the "User Creations" wanted to post in all the threads but started to feel like I was spamming. :( Which is silly I'm sure. 

 

Been planning to post my survival builds but I've not technically completed anything yet, so much gathering!  I do pre-design in creative so I do kind of have completed builds but given the the spirit of the mod I don't want to post screenshots from a creative world.

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Hahahaha, reminds me of the Brain Monsters from Futurama.

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