I think there's something to the idea that CoSo is being gingerly targeted by bot farms.
@LiberalLibrarian I've thought so for a while.
or a very close facsimile π€π€§π€£
@holon42 @LiberalLibrarian
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 -ees who find it amusing to try to stir shit up here.
@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 π©π©π©.
@LiberalLibrarian @th3j35t3r If this is true, Jester, can you give us actions we can take to help toss the bots to the curb? Thanks!