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597 points classichasclass | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 04:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source

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nojs ◴[25 Aug 25 14:38 UTC] 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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1. ryantgtg ◴[25 Aug 25 18:39 UTC] No.45017349[source]▶

>>45014351 #

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”

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Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me