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minus-squarekaty ✨@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 hours agoall websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-235 minutes ago all websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle. Increasing numbers do. But there is no proof that the LLM trawling bots are willing to respect those blocks.
minus-squareDMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoFWIW: Wikipedia:Bot policy#Bot requirements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Bot_requirements RationalWiki:Bots https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Bots
minus-squaremaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 hours agoThe problem is many no longer identify as bots and come from hundreds if not thousands of IPs.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoVoight-Kampff them.
all websites should block ai and bot traffic on principle.
Increasing numbers do.
But there is no proof that the LLM trawling bots are willing to respect those blocks.
FWIW:
Wikipedia:Bot policy#Bot requirements
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy#Bot_requirements
RationalWiki:Bots
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Bots
The problem is many no longer identify as bots and come from hundreds if not thousands of IPs.
Voight-Kampff them.