Recently AOL decided to add two bots to AIM — Moviefone and ShoppingBuddy — irritating some users. AOL’s attitude seems to be that they can easily be deleted, but some netizens viewed this as intrusion.

EveryTomorrow describes a humorous exchange with the bots.
Joshua Stilwell writes: “AOL claims that the feedback on the bots have been mixed… I can just imagine 90% say its stupid, 8% say its not a bad idea, and 2% like it… I think AOL would call that mixed…” ilia Alshanetsky wonders what’s next?

I didn’t see even one person the past few days say they actually appreciated or liked these two bots being auto-added, but I’m sure there is some AIM fans out there who were digging the convenience.

Somebody please buy AOL and fire whoever is making stupid moves like this over there.