It says my blog has 7 page views. Are they counting humans or bots? I'd like to thank both, or either. Can you thank a bot? There's no law against it, but unless it's specially designed to recognize being thanked, it's a thankless task.
Who, besides me that is, would code a bot to recognize being thanked? Even I wouldn't do it.
How would it know it was being thanked? It could find the words "thank you" in the text, but that would occur in this very sentence which is a case of mention not use. It could see the quotes around it and ignore it, I suppose. What if I say "much obliged" instead of "thanks?" Do people say that anymore? Or "I appreciate it." I used to work at a place where the salesmen all said that when I'd do something for them (which it was my job to do.) I guess they learn in salesman school that it is more likely to feel sincere than "thanks" which is more expected.
George Burns said, of sincerity, "if you can fake that, you've got it made."
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