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

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597 points classichasclass | 1 comments | 25 Aug 25 04:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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that_lurker ◴[25 Aug 25 07:41 UTC] No.45011319[source]▶
Why not just block the User Agent?
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arewethereyeta ◴[25 Aug 25 12:29 UTC] No.45013130[source]▶
Because it's the single most falsifiable piece of information you would find on ANY "how to scrape for dummies" article out there. They all start with changing your UA.
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1. ryantgtg ◴[25 Aug 25 19:16 UTC] No.45017778[source]▶
Sure, but the article is about a bot that expressly identifies itself in the user agent and its user agent name contains a sentence suggesting you block its ip if you don’t like it. Since it uses at least 74 ips, blocking its user agent seems like a fine idea.