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The moment you were angry with an agent... but then changed your mind (from emotion to understanding, and that brief afterglow)

The moment you were angry with an agent... but then changed your mind (from emotion to understanding, and that brief afterglow)

📞 I received a loan solicitation call from Hyundai Card today I received a loan solicitation call from Hyundai Card today. Since I've always used and trusted them, I was curious to see if the terms were different from the last time. The agent's tone was friendly at first, but the flow of the conversation felt a bit one-sided. I felt like she wasn't listening to me enough, and I could hear a hint of anxiety and anger in her voice. Still, I recognized the emotion and didn't want to jump to conclusions, so I said “thank you” at the end and hung up. And soon enough, I calmed down and...

AI Love: A Cute Being with No Bad Intentions

AI Love: A Cute Being with No Bad Intentions

Sudden Events, Thousands of Posts When you're running a blog, unexpected things happen.One day, I was surprised to see my traffic increase by thousands in a single day.“Is my blog finally growing? Is it getting shared on social media?” I was excited, but soon the truth came out: my community board was plagued with nearly 10,000 posts... ads for fake degrees in Chinese. As it turns out, the culprit wasn't human I kept getting angrier and angrier as I looked at the plastered...

A letter to spambots: even cute spam is a human problem after all

A letter to spambots: even cute spam is a human problem after all

Spam, wake up me! Suddenly, my traffic increased by 6,000 in one day.I thought, “Is it social sharing?”I thought it was just bonus time, because social sharing dies down after a while. But then... there were about 10,000 spammy posts on the community boards... I thought, “What's going on?”Fake degree ads in Chinese... It looked like it was illegal. I was instantly pissed off."He's ruining my blog now and feeling superior? I wondered how to get rid of the spam, but I couldn't seem to figure it out. Then I ate 30 grams of protein...and suddenly...