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##Online demo courtesy of Nathan Osman:

http://quickmediasolutions.com/flack

Note: this tool now works with all Stack Exchange sites. Just paste the URL of your profile and the app will take care of the rest.

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##About Flack Overstow is a toy, written in Python 2.6 (but should be compatible with 2.5 -- let me know if it's not). It pulls the latest questions or answers or comments for a given user ID and creates a Markov chain of the text, then gives you something that should never be posted as a real answer. (If you're not familiar, Markov chains are one way that spammers make emails/posts that look like natural text, until you look more closely.)

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Online demo courtesy of Nathan Osman:

http://quickmediasolutions.com/flack

Note: this tool now works with all Stack Exchange sites. Just paste the URL of your profile and the app will take care of the rest.

Screenshot / Code Snippet

About

Flack Overstow is a toy, written in Python 2.6 (but should be compatible with 2.5 -- let me know if it's not). It pulls the latest questions or answers or comments for a given user ID and creates a Markov chain of the text, then gives you something that should never be posted as a real answer. (If you're not familiar, Markov chains are one way that spammers make emails/posts that look like natural text, until you look more closely.)

License

Download

Platform

Contact

Code

If you generate any particularly funny spam with Flack Overstow, post it here! Be sure to play with the options on the command line (flack.py --help for details). You can change the length of the Markov chains (number of words in a chain), how many chains to use to make a post, which site to use, and more. You can specify an API key to use at the command line, if necessary.

If you generate any particularly funny spam with Flack Overstow, post it in a chatroom somewhere, not here. We want to keep our posts focused and on topic for the hosting site.

You can play with the options on the command line (flack.py --help for details). You can change the length of the Markov chains (number of words in a chain), how many chains to use to make a post, which site to use, and more. You can specify an API key to use at the command line, if necessary.