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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?
Title.
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?
one problem with data scraping is that it puts a significant network load on servers, which slows down the browsing experience for genuine humans. this is why many platforms already operate measures to detract bots. i think the most well-known project is Anubis, as is used for example on https://feddit.org/
(it works by doing a proof-of-work. the client needs to solve a few cryptographic puzzles sothat the operationing cost for bot scrapers becomes too high while for humans it’s an acceptable cost.)