I think there's something to the idea that CoSo is being gingerly targeted by bot farms.
@EileenKCarpenter @LiberalLibrarian
it's hard to distinguish one from the other. both compulsive.
@holon42 @LiberalLibrarian
I think from J's end, it's less difficult. Bot farms have to have access to a large number of IP addresses to register from. That's part of why J blocks whole countries that serve botfarmer customers. It makes the other abused IP addresses easier to identify and block.
@EileenKCarpenter @LiberalLibrarian
ah, that makes sense. he would notice if there were some of those trying 💩💩💩.
@holon42 @LiberalLibrarian
-ees who find it amusing to try to stir shit up here.
I tend to doubt literal bot farms. The fact that posts can't be crawled by search engines except what's on their PLP makes it less attractive. But I think there is an aggrieved community of former