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AI companies cause most of traffic on forums

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770 points ta988 | 2 comments | 30 Dec 24 14:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.474s | source
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tecoholic ◴[31 Dec 24 21:31 UTC] No.42561992[source]▶
For any self-hosting enthusiasts out here. Check your network traffic if you have a Gitea instance running. My network traffic was mostly just AmazonBot and some others from China hitting every possible URL constantly. My traffic has gone from 2-5GB per day to a tenth of that after blocking the bots.
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1. lolinder ◴[31 Dec 24 21:48 UTC] No.42562114[source]▶
This is one of many reasons why I don't host on the open internet. All my stuff is running on my local network, accessible via VPN if needed.
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2. tecoholic ◴[01 Jan 25 05:35 UTC] No.42564189[source]▶
It’s nuts. Went to bed one day and couldn’t sleep because of the fan noise coming from the cupboard. So decided to investigate the next day and stumbled into this. Madness, the kind of traffic these bots are generating and the energy waste.