From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   D Finnigan  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-   
   ust}@jusme.com> wrote at 12:06 this Wednesday (GMT):   
   >>> On 2025-03-18, Toaster  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-de   
   s-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   
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