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Robot9000

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Original author(s)
  
Randall Munroe

Platform
  
Internet Relay Chat

Written in
  
Perl

Type
  
IRC bot

Initial release
  
January 14, 2008; 9 years ago (2008-01-14)

License
  
GNU General Public License

Robot9000 (r9k) is an open-source chat moderation script developed in 2008 by Randall Munroe. Originally developed to moderate one of Munroe's xkcd-related IRC channels, the software's algorithm has since been adapted to work with other services.

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Purpose

Robot9000 attempts to prevent repetition in IRC channels by temporarily muting users who send messages that are identical to a message that has been sent to the channel before. If users continue to send unoriginal messages, Robot9000 mutes the user for a longer period of time, quadrupling for each unoriginal message the user sends to the channel.

Usage

  • Shortly after Munroe's blog post about the script went live, 4chan administrator moot adapted the script to moderate the site's experimental /r9k/ board.
  • Twitch.tv offers Robot9000 ("r9k mode") as an optional feature for broadcasters and moderators to use in their channels' chat boxes.

    • References

    Robot9000 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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