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From: Toaster <toaster@dne3.net>
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Subject: Re: bad bot behavior
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:01:20 -0400
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On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:33:39 -0000 (UTC)
Ian
<${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com>
wrote:

> On 2025-03-20, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:06:13 -0000 (UTC), Ian wrote:
> >
> >> How about a script that spews out an endless stream of junk ...
> >
> > Quite a few others are ahead of you
> ><https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/ai-haters-build-tarpits-to-=
trap-and-trick-ai-scrapers-that-ignore-robots-txt/>.
> > Some of their countermeasures are quite sophisticated.
> >
> > TIL a new term: =E2=80=9CMarkov babble=E2=80=9D.
>=20
> Ha!
>=20
> How long before it's made illegal :(
>=20

I love the idea though.