Re: bad bot behavior

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From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject	Re: bad bot behavior
Date	Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:00:03 -0000 (UTC)
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D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> wrote at 13:38 this Wednesday (GMT):
> On 3/23/25 9:30 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>> Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> wrote at 12:06 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>> On 2025-03-18, Toaster <toaster@dne3.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> But what can be done to mitigate this issue? Crawlers and bots ruin the
>>>> internet.
>>>
>>> #mode=evil
>>>
>>> How about a script that spews out an endless stream of junk from
>>> /usr/share/dict/words, parked on a random URL that's listed in
>>> robots.txt as forbidden. Any bot choosing to chew on that gets what
>>> it deserves, though you might need to bandwidth limit it.
>> 
>> 
>> I heard Cloudflare is doing something like that, but ironically
>> with their own generative AI..
>
> https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/26/016244/open-source-devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries
>
> They're abusing everyone. If you have a web site, don't allow it to be 
> abused this way.


Agreed, it is getting ridiculous how many bad things can be attributed
to AI at this point
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  Re: bad bot behavior D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-03-18 12:00 -0500
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        Re: bad bot behavior Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-20 02:22 +0000
          Re: bad bot behavior Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2025-03-20 08:33 +0000
            Re: bad bot behavior Toaster <toaster@dne3.net> - 2025-03-20 19:01 -0400
            Re: bad bot behavior Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-21 08:05 +0000
              Re: bad bot behavior Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2025-03-21 08:42 +0000
        Re: bad bot behavior candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-23 14:30 +0000
          Re: bad bot behavior D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2025-03-26 08:38 -0500
            Re: bad bot behavior candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-26 17:00 +0000
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