correction, I have now seen a bot follow up (with the same useless information) so they ARE tweaking them
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So we spotted a rogue bot … AI evolution has begun …
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I’m not so sure that these are the only chatbots in use.
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This would seem to me to be the most-likely explanation.
On a related note, it appears that Amazon isn’t the only one tweaking bots today:
https: //sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/profile/956f9a71-dfee-49cb-8483-811038874301
https: //sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/profile/77947cd4-b043-4de7-8325-7db33a009ef4
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they do have very specific ways of responding. They are after all, run by the same program. I don’t think there are other chat bots besides the numbered ones. Of course there ARE mods that just don’t know anything
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you links open the guys profile for me, both of them. How weird…(circled right back around to that 
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Yep; I’ll normally endeavor to post a direct link to an NSFE post, but since both ‘users’ have only a single post - both to the same discussion - I just went with the NSFE profile.
I have seen this exact behavior many times before in various fora, which is why I’m fairly certain that these are bots.
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OK … maybe Danny isn’t so bad. LOL
“Legendary?”
Suck up! 
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You’re not the only seasoned & savvy forum vet who’s gettin’ some love from Danny today:
Sounds like he knows where the bread is buttered!
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Then, on the other hand, our friend @TEXASEXILEBOOKS’ plug of SAS over in Danny’s March Madness (link, SAS thread) NSFE discussion has been moderated:
Wonder who did that?
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It does indicate “external link removed.” now that the SAS is high in the search engines, a word or phrase may be the better way to go.
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I agree, but as you know there have been prior spates of references to this fora in such terms being removed over in the NSFE by the FMT-CMT.
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Agree, yet I found Danny’s responses patronizing, though he is right about the “Aces” being legendary!
You know, once I had a “Beat them or Join them” moment. It was the day when I was selling on our brand websites, and had an epiphany. I could think I would win over Amazon, or I could sign up as a seller and use it as another channel.
We were on eBay too, so that day we became a “Multi-Channel” eCommerce company.
I think the NSFE needs to take a long look at this winning strategy. What if they embraced the SAS? We have organically what they are trying to do with this new “Listings Lounge.” Though that appears to be going down the toilet as time marches on.
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Yep, they’re still serving up a mess of pottage & calling it filet mignon, as our friend @Picks_by_Nisha’s response in the 7Mar24’s episode illustrates:
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t/fdadeb6d-3b10-4486-a499-bccccf6a312a
Picks gave it the old college try, but I remember the 2017 email which the ESRT sent out to many of us who created cases questioning why ASIN Change/Merge Notifications had been deprecated, and I’d be willing to wager a pretty penny that they aren’t gonna be coming back as a result of Michelle passing this long-expressed feedback up the chain.
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While tip-toeing through Google …
A simple reference to google “amazon inr template” does render some nice results …
SAS #1 beats Amazon’s #1 and …
SAS #2 beast Amazon’s #2 …
Our favorite find …
Or maybe you would like to try “amazon nsfe help” …
Edit … having too much fun …
Then there are the results for “amazon osfe vs nsfe explained”
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Yeah, just doubled-down in my response to her response.
Doubt it will make any difference, but gotta give it a shot.
ETA: I’ll point out that while I’m well aware this was done in the past (and was an active seller when they stopped doing it), I’m presenting it as a great new “forward looking” idea. Wouldn’t surprise me if enough people have rotated in and out of jobs that the current PTB might not be aware that this had already been discontinued.
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Actually there was no URL, per se. Always state, when pitching for SAS, that forum members google sellers ask sellers. This I have done at least a half-dozen times recently; first time I’ve been caught!
Assume my error was directly answering a official MOD thread and an OP likely to read(scan if BOT) my comment, instead of a respondent, where a reply would end half-hidden.(One of the changes I despise about NSFE).
I did consider the above when commenting; took the chance and now, those who are still wallowing in the NSFE mess; continue in ignorance of this forum will get no good from my post. Will have to be more circumspect in future!!
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Although I didn’t read your NSFE post before it was moderated, I was fairly certain that the “[Moderator removed external link]” tag was likely to have been cast wrongfully - and not just because I’m a member of the cohort inclined to pay attention to what you post; I’ve seen several of your recent NSFE-discussion replies which likewise do not have a direct link to The BEST Seller Forums Experience which is to be found here in the SAS.
Still, as our friend Image & I discussed upthread, I think that you’re probably right that it might well be time for a more-circumspective coding of references to these fora, here.
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Wasn’t one of the original justifications for creating the NSFE that it allowed for public visibility?
Wasn’t that the justification given to the Handmade Artisan Community for exposig their previously-closed OSFE forum?
Wonder what they are hiding here, in the private discussion that Steve links in his reply (presumably visible only to bona fide members of the BBA Program):
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t/0d2b24dc-3c34-40b0-a1ac-bf869e774fb1
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If this is possible … “This Discussion is Private”, then mods and/or some sellers have what is the equivalent of DM like OFSE had.
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