Don't 'ghost' on a date: Ghostbot is the app that'll break things off for you
by Olivia Solon from Technology | The Guardian on (#1HY9Y)
A new app will detect incoming texts from a person you're hoping to cease all communication with and send unenthusiatic automated responses
Rejecting unwanted suitors over text is an awkward challenge for a generation of online daters. So why not outsource the thorny interaction to a robot?
Ghostbot will detect incoming texts from the person you've chosen to "ghost" - a modern (and cowardly) dating trend that involves ceasing all communication with an unwanted suitor - and send automated responses, lacking in warmth of enthusiasm, until the other person takes the hint.
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