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AI scrapers request commented scripts

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255 points ColinWright | 3 comments | 31 Oct 25 15:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.666s | source
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bakql ◴[31 Oct 25 18:41 UTC] No.45775259[source]▶
>These were scrapers, and they were most likely trying to non-consensually collect content for training LLMs.

"Non-consensually", as if you had to ask for permission to perform a GET request to an open HTTP server.

Yes, I know about weev. That was a travesty.

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1. smsm42 ◴[01 Nov 25 00:23 UTC] No.45778166[source]▶
You are still trying to pretend that accessing HTTP server once and burying it under an avalanche of never-stopping bot crawlers is the same thing? And spam is the same as "sending an email" and should be treated the same? I thought in this day and age we're past that.
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2. 1gn15 ◴[01 Nov 25 00:42 UTC] No.45778260[source]▶
If you're trying to say DDoS, just say that.
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3. smsm42 ◴[01 Nov 25 03:22 UTC] No.45779006[source]▶
DDoS is a very specific type of attack. To be abusive, you don't have to do exactly that - it could be any type of DoS, and in fact it doesn't even have to deny all service - it could just impose excessive costs, for example.