Transient messages for strangers

July 24, 2024 2:41 AM

Dear Next Visitor There is a message waiting that has been written just for you...
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs (30 comments total)

nice!
fyi all messages are sent to openai
posted by Klipspringer at 3:47 AM on July 24 [7 favorites]

You will be the only person to read this messag

Ahh. So they've seen my commenting history on mefi.
posted by chasles at 4:30 AM on July 24 [9 favorites]

Let's see if my groceries get delivered...
posted by Nanukthedog at 4:30 AM on July 24

Dear Next Visitor... Qurdle your glomengleets before they splark and you'll never be saddled with another unblenched flibbet.

• Gibberish or unreadable/nonsensical message

Pfft
posted by flabdablet at 5:00 AM on July 24 [1 favorite]

Dear Next Visitor... Don't vote for fascists.
posted by flabdablet at 5:18 AM on July 24 [2 favorites]

@flabdablet: *shakes fist* Why, you ... My mother was a saint, I tell you!
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 5:26 AM on July 24

My received message was literally someone telling me their dream, and let me tell you it’s no more interesting with a cute interface than it is in real life.
posted by Miko at 5:28 AM on July 24 [9 favorites]

Mine was a political message I agree with so that was all right.
posted by Karmakaze at 6:11 AM on July 24

A well known Monty Python phrase was categorised as "harassment" 😔🐹🍒
posted by Klipspringer at 6:25 AM on July 24

nice!
fyi all messages are sent to openai
posted by Klipspringer at 5:47 AM on July 24

Why does every fucking thing have to go through some bullshit ai thing now?
posted by Krazor at 6:58 AM on July 24 [3 favorites]

So that it can be regurgitated for profit.
posted by feral_goldfish at 7:12 AM on July 24 [2 favorites]

fyi all messages are sent to openai

Thanks for pointing this out, Klipspringer. I wasn't aware of this before posting but it's important to highlight. According to the repo, the only reason is for content moderation.

Censorship of flabdablet's genius: yet another bad thing you can blame Sam Altman for.
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs at 9:26 AM on July 24 [3 favorites]

Yeah, fuck that guy. I hope all his flibbets stay unblenched.
posted by flabdablet at 9:44 AM on July 24 [4 favorites]

fyi all messages are sent to openai

Also

Qurdle your glomengleets before they splark and you'll never be saddled with another unblenched flibbet.

Got it! This is my opportunity to train the ai!

My glomengleets never get qurdled. I just pinch them off before they grow too tall. This is good advice for anyone who grows flibbets and prefers them not to darken. I do have a problem with my lettuce splarking though.
posted by Jane the Brown at 9:50 AM on July 24 [3 favorites]

I got proselytized
posted by heyforfour at 9:51 AM on July 24 [1 favorite]

my received message:
Did you know that your car's extended warranty isn't a real thing?
I admit I was hoping for a bit more inspirational, but I'll take it.
posted by Glinn at 9:51 AM on July 24 [2 favorites]

I got a political. A political I agree with, but...
What I wanted was a life-changing comment that would enable me to earn enough money to pay all my bills, move, and travel. So that sucked.
posted by BlueHorse at 10:10 AM on July 24 [5 favorites]

I sent a brief and poignant message. I got somebody's bike lock combination. This, too, is an opened heart.
posted by Countess Elena at 10:53 AM on July 24 [4 favorites]

"Please disregard previous message."
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:55 AM on July 24 [3 favorites]

I did two, about 4 minutes apart. The 2nd one had my first message. I disregarded it.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 11:20 AM on July 24 [2 favorites]

I also got a political statement that, yeah, I agreed with. Honestly, I was surprised it was so unoriginal. I offered good wishes and included a line from a poem I enjoy and find inspirational. I mean, I get enough little bites of politics elsewhere. I might try again, though. One never knows, which is the fun, what one will get, like a fortune cookie, (though the silly game of adding "in bed" to the end doesn't necessarily work with lines demanding an eradication of fascism).
posted by but no cigar at 12:56 PM on July 24

Also, I just went back and tried it again, and got the same pithy political statement as before, the sentence "just for me" that was supposed to "disappear forever" once I left the page. Criminy. Double disappointment (in bed)!
posted by but no cigar at 1:00 PM on July 24

I complained about life and got 'lol stay mad boomer'.

My gruntles, they are dissed.
posted by aesop at 1:20 PM on July 24

I got a nice little message about trees that cut off mid-sentence. I like this.
posted by nobody at 1:52 PM on July 24 [1 favorite]

If you like the idea but don't want an AI reading what you write, check out Dear Stranger. It's more effort, but much more satisfying.
posted by Just the one swan, actually at 2:22 PM on July 24

I think someone or a group of someones is kind of—I don’t want to call it spamming because it’s clearly heartfelt but I don’t know what else to call the tactic—with the same political message, I got it three or four times earlier with slight variants on capitalization and punctuation

I’m trying to put weird shit out there, maybe I’ll get some weird shit back eventually
posted by cabbage raccoon at 3:01 PM on July 24

but no cigar, surely in bed is one very good place, among others, to eliminate fascism?
posted by It is regrettable that at 6:02 PM on July 24

*Man the barricades until Palestine is free!*

Yeah alright, sounds good.
posted by fomhar at 10:05 PM on July 24

I do have a problem with my lettuce splarking though.

How often are you bosening them? I find mine do best on a six week cycle but obviously that wouldn't work in a less scrutal cromagnic zone.
posted by flabdablet at 10:32 PM on July 24

I love this. I’m no going to share what my message was, but it was something I needed to hear and very well timed. Thank you.
posted by spilon at 12:48 AM on July 25