Space Invaders Have Attacked My Hubs!

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   Faceless39posted 8 years ago

   Space Invaders Have Attacked My Hubs!
   
   First there was EditBot, then came EditBot Comments. I literally feel like I'm playing Space Invaders every time I open My Account now. It's highly distracting, and when I "uncheck" the unwanted corrections, these Robots should Go Away! At what point do we tell HubPages that enough is enough!? I mean, this is downright ridiculous. What are your thoughts?
   
   

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   RJ Schwartzposted 8 years ago

   I feel your angst and totally agree - the site is meant for writers to critique other writers, not for a machine to make judgements.

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      Faceless39posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you! I wasn't sure if I was alone in feeling this way.

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   Victoria Lynnposted 8 years ago

   If the bots find legitimate errors, such as misspellings, then that's fine. But the "corrections" I've seen so far on mine aren't needed--and many are in the comments section! And I'm with you--I think the icon should go away once we have looked at the corrections (whether we leave them or uncheck them).

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      Faceless39posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, exactly. Most of my "corrections" were not only unnecessary, but made me look like I can't speak English. They were incorrect corrections. What this means to me is that HubPages has caused me to Work to keep my hubs readable!

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   DWDavisRSLposted 8 years ago

   While I appreciate the intent of the EditBot I agree that the icon should disappear once the Hub writer has viewed and decided what to do about the error.

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      Faceless39posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I personally find it invasive and unwarranted. But I agree with you that once it's reviewed (since we're forced at gunpoint to review their changes to OUR works)  the icon should go away!

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      They just updated the program.  Now, once you check your errors, the bots will disappear...but only after you refresh your stats page.

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      Elsie Hagleyposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks! TIMETRAVELER2. it did work after refreshing the stats page. Now to tidy up my Statistics page.

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      Faceless39posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      TimeTraveler2, Thank You! I see that now! That said, I'm all for less government.. call me a Libertarian HubPageite if you will..

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   nicompposted 8 years ago

   http://nicomp.hubpages.com/hub/All-Your … long-To-Us

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      Faceless39posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      This is one of the best hubs I have ever read, ever. It said exactly what I've been thinking, with added satirical flavor. You Win! Best Answer

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      nicompposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, Faceless. May you find a face.

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   Kathy Stutzmanposted 8 years ago

   I have discovered a new annoyance with the edit bots...I decided to go through and edit all of the highlighted corrections within my text - I refuse to correct someone else's words (in the comments) and despite the fact that the corrections were made, in a few cases, the edit bot is still indicating that the misspelled words are in the text - even though they are no longer there. I find them annoying to begin with, but their presence when the corrections have been edited is super annoying.

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      Faceless39posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      I agree; editing someone else's thoughts is offensive. I can't believe it even exists! I don't need Big Brother putting words into my readers' mouths. I have just gone through and "unchecked" all of their "corrections" because all of them were wrong!

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