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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by LuuBluum on June 17, 2025, 02:09:24 PM »
Quote from: Erik L on June 17, 2025, 11:38:03 AM
more like the sql service crashes and is restarted.

I'm looking at ways to block bots/spiders
The one that I usually see (and linked to earlier) is Anubis.
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by xenoscepter on June 17, 2025, 12:16:53 PM »
Perhaps a tarpit thing? Something like Nepenthes or those Discord channels I see that are nothing but an insta-ban trap for bots.
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by Erik L on June 17, 2025, 11:38:03 AM »
more like the sql service crashes and is restarted.

I'm looking at ways to block bots/spiders
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by LuuBluum on June 16, 2025, 09:17:13 PM »
I think what happens is that they restart the server once it becomes overloaded and the bot scrapers start back at nothing; once they climb up again down goes the server.

We're at 7000 guests and counting, so it should go down not too long after this message. Maybe an hour, tops? Assuming 10k is the max it can handle.
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by Jarhead0331 on June 16, 2025, 08:53:38 PM »
Quote from: Louella on June 16, 2025, 04:30:24 PM
Quote from: nuclearslurpee on June 16, 2025, 04:11:37 PM
Hopefully we can get some comment from Erik on this.

Erik said on discord he won't be able to do much for a while. IRL stuff.

I do notice there's a lot fewer guests reported today, and the forums are a lot better. Very odd.

This would be expected if the problem is as I suspect. When the site goes down, the bot attacks temporarily stop, so function appears to return to normal. However, the attacks will start again resuming the cycle.
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by Louella on June 16, 2025, 04:30:24 PM »
Quote from: nuclearslurpee on June 16, 2025, 04:11:37 PM
Hopefully we can get some comment from Erik on this.

Erik said on discord he won't be able to do much for a while. IRL stuff.

I do notice there's a lot fewer guests reported today, and the forums are a lot better. Very odd.
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by nuclearslurpee on June 16, 2025, 04:11:37 PM »
In that case, I would venture to say that this issue takes on urgency beyond the poor site performance. I'm not a big fan of the idea that AI bots are using my fiction posts to "learn" how to write marketing copy and slop mags. I'm sure it's not entirely preventable, but I'd appreciate an effort being made to curtail that.

Hopefully we can get some comment from Erik on this. If the answer involves a bump in hosting costs, I'd like to think we as a community can come together on this.
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by LuuBluum on June 16, 2025, 02:08:53 PM »
As of right now there's... "5321 Guests, 4 Users".

I think that makes it pretty clear what the issue is then, no?
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by LuuBluum on June 16, 2025, 10:46:30 AM »
Also this is 100% the "AI scraper bot" issue. Look at the bottom bar on the front page.

"Most Online Today: 10170. Most Online Ever: 17947 (June 05, 2025, 11:20:42 PM)"
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Forum Issues / Re: Slow/Unstable Forum Connection Recently?
« Last post by LuuBluum on June 16, 2025, 10:20:37 AM »
Yeah, if it's anything like the other forums I'm familiar with running up against the same issues, it's time to place your faith in Anubis for protection.
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