turnitinBot

[1Timothy115]

In John's thread (viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25811) about "New People" I posted current "Who's On line" status and noticed there was a "turnitinBOT" and decided to see what it was about.

It's a BOT from this site... http://turnitin.com/static/index.html .
"About Us
The iParadigms team is a group of dedicated professionals that includes award-winning teachers, graphic designers, computer scientists, and business professionals working together to stop the spread of internet plagiarism and promote new technologies in education. Our offices are located in the San Francisco Bay area."

"History
iParadigms, the company behind Turnitin, got its start in 1996, when a group of researchers at UC Berkeley created a series of computer programs to monitor the recycling of research papers in their large undergraduate classes."

So, a word on our site triggered the BOT to check a post! Maybe they are checking to make sure we're quoting properly? More likely, a paper was turned into a teacher somewhere and the 'turnitin' software saw like text in one of our posts.