Bartleby, the Scrivenerbot

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Bartleby, the Scrivenerbot is a Twitter bot created by Tim Cassedy and inspired by the titular character from Herman Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener short story. The bot responds to tweets that call for an action, stating his preference against taking the suggested action.

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Cheap Bots, Done Quick suspended, this time for good
Cheap Bots, Done Quick suspended, this time for good

So long, and thanks for all the bots.

Twitter shutting down free access to their API on February 9
Twitter shutting down free access to their API on February 9

I keep saying it's an end of an era quite often these days.

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