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99% of My Website Traffic Is Bots
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99% of traffic on the PatronView website consists of bots. The site owner has implemented various firewall rules to combat scrapers and has shared insights from a year of battling automated traffic.
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- Praise: Anubis offers a clever way to tackle bot traffic without relying on traditional methods like blocking by user-agent — a fresh solution for a persistent problem.
- Praise: The idea of a peer-to-peer network for sharing web data is a game-changer, potentially reducing repetitive bot traffic while enhancing accessibility.
- Concern: Outsourcing website visibility decisions to companies like Cloudflare raises serious ethical concerns about user access and transparency — this isn't the open web we should want.
- Concern: Many users are getting blocked just for having JS disabled, highlighting how aggressive bot prevention can backfire and alienate genuine visitors.