Bot Traffic
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Western Red Cedar
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Bot Traffic
Is there an increase of bots on the forum?
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Re: Bot Traffic
Yes
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Western Red Cedar
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Re: Bot Traffic
Anything we should be concerned about?
Any idea what is going on?
Any idea what is going on?
Re: Bot Traffic
Be mindful of future bot lords. Bots be following agendas of all kinds.
Re: Bot Traffic
Maybe they found out that they can get smarter llm if they train them here?
Terminator is going to like beans
Terminator is going to like beans
Re: Bot Traffic
I wonder if some sort of cloud based WAF, like cloudflare, isn't needed. The site performance feels like there's excessive traffic, or maybe a database issue.
Re: Bot Traffic
It seems the AI gold rush has reached these shores.
In the past week we're seeing heavy traffic from a number of different networks and hosts. These are all trying to download as much content from the forum as quickly as possible. We have reconfigured the server to deal with the traffic and are monitoring the situation closely. The server remains usable.
From past experience, these waves last for a few days. They usually end by finding and deploying some combination of countermeasures. Then the gold diggers move on to richer or more easily mined content veins. Until they return with a new mining strategy and the dance continues.
In the past week we're seeing heavy traffic from a number of different networks and hosts. These are all trying to download as much content from the forum as quickly as possible. We have reconfigured the server to deal with the traffic and are monitoring the situation closely. The server remains usable.
From past experience, these waves last for a few days. They usually end by finding and deploying some combination of countermeasures. Then the gold diggers move on to richer or more easily mined content veins. Until they return with a new mining strategy and the dance continues.
Re: Bot Traffic
Effectively a denial of service attack, externalizing their costs. Thanks for contending with it. Admin work never stops and often goes unappreciated.
Is it desirable to include the forum in AI training data? I can see a strong argument for yes, and it complicates the response.
FWIW - several times over the past few days, I tried to use the site, but was stopped by the response times. My work around was to write the post offline, then submit during a responsive window. I tried multiple networks and devices before saying anything.
Is it desirable to include the forum in AI training data? I can see a strong argument for yes, and it complicates the response.
FWIW - several times over the past few days, I tried to use the site, but was stopped by the response times. My work around was to write the post offline, then submit during a responsive window. I tried multiple networks and devices before saying anything.
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