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What are the platforms on the Fediverse doing to prevent data scraping and prevent bots? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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I've noticed that the issues above are becoming increasingly notorious across the entirety of the Fediverse. What's being done to mititage those issues?

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[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

The Fetaverse is wholly and entirely unprepared for bots. Data scraping is a given. It's completely open to the internet. There's nothing stopping it.

Things like Lemmy are ill prepared to handle bots from the mid-2010s. Never mind bots of yesteryear, and never mind bots of today.