Door: Sarah Ciston.
“ladymouth is a chatbot that tries to explain feminism to misogynists on Reddit. I wrote this code so that I could address self-identified ‘men’s rights activists’ without engaging them personally. The chatbot responds with quotations from feminist theorists and then logs its conversations, which I incorporate into writing, performance, and video art.”
“I am often asked whether ladymouth contributes to hate and divisiveness, whether by echoing the tactics of online misogynists (“trolling the trolls”) it adds fuel to their outrage. However, good or bad, the impact of ladymouth on MRAs is a drop in the bucket. It interacts with a tiny sample of these enormous forums: MensRights has 200,000 members. TheRedPill had more than 150,000 members during my beta tests and at last count in October 2018 had 286,000. (As of January 2019 the subreddit has been ‘quarantined’ on Reddit for being “dedicated to shocking or highly offensive content”; while still operating, its current user count is hidden by Reddit administrators.) Meanwhile, a vast minefield of similar subreddits continues to grow.”
https://www.academia.edu/38609788/ladymouth_Anti_Social_Media_Art_As_Research
