I don't see it as vindictiveness but as some kind of "spammer's honey pot" -- while the recruiter is listening to this at least he's not calling someone on their team.
But I was disappointed about the low-tech quality of the approach; I was hoping for some kind of evolved Eliza-like HR robot that could sustain some form of conversation for some time.
If this caught on, at some point recruiters could never be sure they're talking to a real person.
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I very often get calls at home, from people trying to sell me either new windows for my house or some low-cost mobile phone service.
I used to hang up on those calls, but not anymore!
Now I put them on speakerphone... and give the receiver to my four-year-old. He's very excited that someone wants to speak to him, and starts talking about his day right away.
This has transformed a very annoying experience into a great form of entertainment for the whole family (not to mention it "shifts the burden of rudeness" to the caller... how do they dare hanging up on my son!!!?!)
Training an Alice bit for this task (and similar marketing talks) should be relatively easy, especially because the marketer wants to stay on the line and will make allowances for wonky conversation.
But I was disappointed about the low-tech quality of the approach; I was hoping for some kind of evolved Eliza-like HR robot that could sustain some form of conversation for some time.
If this caught on, at some point recruiters could never be sure they're talking to a real person.
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I very often get calls at home, from people trying to sell me either new windows for my house or some low-cost mobile phone service.
I used to hang up on those calls, but not anymore!
Now I put them on speakerphone... and give the receiver to my four-year-old. He's very excited that someone wants to speak to him, and starts talking about his day right away.
This has transformed a very annoying experience into a great form of entertainment for the whole family (not to mention it "shifts the burden of rudeness" to the caller... how do they dare hanging up on my son!!!?!)