As I mentioned, an English political blogger, one Anna Raccoon, had commissioned me to make a shiny new British version of my rusty old Autorantic Virtual Moonbat (AVM). The new robot is now built, and I am heartily sorry to introduce you to the Pet Labour Troll (PLT).
Just as with the AVM, the PLT comes in both a chat module, which lets you talk to the robot, and a smaller sidebar module, which does not.
And just as with the prior incarnation, the PLT lets anyone put either module on any website with just a line of code.
But the Pet Labour Troll also incorporates many improvements over the old AVM, using technology which was not available back in 2004. The PLT is coded in ActionScript 3 and PHP 5, making it twice as fast. And it has three things the AVM never had: its own domain, its own Facebook page, and its own Twitter feed.
The domain, labourtroll.com, has all the instructions for embedding the robot on your own website.
The Facebook page posts rants from the troll at random intervals, and the troll will reply to any posts written on its “wall.” After its first day of operation, the page has garnered 29 fans on Facebook. I expect this number to go higher.
And the Twitter page, at twitter.com/labourtroll, has its own feed of random ranting as well.
I’m sure you will join me in extending our British cousins our sincere sympathy, as they come to know the horror that is the Pet Labour Troll.
3:44 PM
I miss the Autorantic Virtual Moonbat, why doesn’t he get a FB page too?! I’m sure you could just replace “Bush” with “Sarah Palin” or “Glenn Beck” for the same, yet updated, deranged reactions! :)
4:03 PM
Hi Beth!
Maybe someday I’ll bring back the AVM, but for now I don’t want it to compete with the PLT. Certainly not before the UK general election.