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I just started using this myself, seems pretty great so far!

Clearly doesn't stop all AI crawlers, but a significantly large chunk of them.

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[–] dpflug@kbin.earth 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a stopgap while we try to find a new way to stop the DDOS happening right now. It might even be adapted to do useful work, if need be.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hook into BOINC, or something? That's an idea.

Sucks for people who have scripts disabled, or are using browsers without JS support, though.

[–] dpflug@kbin.earth 4 points 1 year ago

It does, and I'm sure everyone will welcome a solution that lets them open things back up for those users without the abusers crippling them. It's a matter of finding one.