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597 points classichasclass | 2 comments | | HN request time: 0.421s | source
1. nojs ◴[] No.45014351[source]
> Here's how it identifies itself: “Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Thinkbot/0.5.8; +In­_the­_test­_phase,­_if­_the­_Thinkbot­_brings­_you­_trouble,­_please­_block­_its_IP_address._Thank_you.)”.

I mean you could just ban the user agent?

The real issue is with bots pretending not to be bots.

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2. ryantgtg ◴[] No.45017349[source]
This one was funny because I checked a day’s log and it was using at least 15 different IPs. Much easier to just ban or rate limit “Thinkbot”