helene_t Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 I frequently submit a robot report (using the "export/send robot report" link) but I was wondering if those reports are actually being used. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 I seem to recall a response some time ago along the lines of "stop bothering us - yes we look at the reports but there are hundreds of them etc".It seems likely that BBO receives quite a lot of comments on the skill of its robots, but it might be soothing to all concerned if there was a monthly/semi-annual/even annual summary posted to this forum.Something along the lines of:1. In the past 6 months 2735 reports concerning (whatever) were received by BBO.2. The most common reports concerned (...).3. The developer team has made the following changes (...). I get a weekly update from Google about 'improvements'.It may not always be helpful but it might give users a warm fuzzy feeling in the cockles of our hearts.Maybe even in the sub-cockle area. Folks, I'd like to sing a song about the American DreamAbout me, about youAbout the way our American hearts beat way down in the bottom of our chestsAbout that special feeling we get in the cockles of our heartsMaybe below the cocklesMaybe in the sub cockle areaMaybe in the liver, maybe in the kidneysMaybe even in the colon, we don't know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerriman Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 BBO haven't said anything officially about GIB for many years, so you're unlikely to get an official response, but I can quote from a reliable source that "it's been a long time since someone actively monitored GIB reports". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted February 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 Thanks both, so I wasted my time writing a few hundred robot reports. It would have been helpful if they just disabled the feature once they stopped monitoring it. Reminds me of my first job where I was put in charge of maintaning the customer complaint database. I told the IT boss that I couldn't find the output module. He replied: "We only received a request for storing the customer complaints, we were never asked to enable staff to read the complaints". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnu Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 Robot bug reports are very useful in filling up disk drive space. I heard on the internet that full drives are more efficient. (for the record, that rumor doesn't sound remotely true and is contradicted by experts in the field). Filling in GIB bug reports is also much more fulfilling than banging on the keyboard or yelling a string of expletives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 Robot bug reports are very useful in filling up disk drive space. I heard on the internet that full drives are more efficient. (for the record, that rumor doesn't sound remotely true and is contradicted by experts in the field). Filling in GIB bug reports is also much more fulfilling than banging on the keyboard or yelling a string of expletives. Robot bug reports fill up almost no disk drive space, unfortunately, even when never read nor cancelled. Small or resized images do it slightly better, but apparently not enough for BBO who never enabled them for this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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