Originally Posted by tandempower

I really don't know all the reasons people gather information, but I can imagine lots. E.g. someone could be testing software that predicts information based on existing information, so if Machka was using BF to test such software, she might ask such questions as part of her software-testing protocols. I'm not contending that she is doing that, but it's not unreasonable to consider that it could be someone's job.