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EarlG

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5. Most of the time the behind the scenes tech stuff

Reply to justaprogressive (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 02:14 PM

Aug 21

isn’t super relevant to DUers. It’s not something people need to be thinking about when they visit, but sometimes I read articles like this one and I don’t think it hurts to let folks know that this news about AI crawlers breaking the Internet is not just theoretical, it does affect us here.

To be clear, the “private site” idea truly would be a last resort. It’s a contingency plan in my mind, but no work has been done to actually make something like that come to fruition.

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AI crawlers and fetchers are blowing up websites, with Meta and OpenAI the worst offenders [View all] justaprogressive Aug 21 OP

It's becoming more and more useless Johnny2X2X Aug 21 #1

All part of the plan of those who do not want an informed public. Attilatheblond Aug 21 #2

This is exactly the horseshit that we've been trying to mitigate at DU EarlG Aug 21 #3

I would think that EVERYONE on DU justaprogressive Aug 21 #4

Most of the time the behind the scenes tech stuff EarlG Aug 21 #5

I've been posting about AI endangering the web for as long as I've seen warnings about it, because highplainsdem Aug 21 #6

I have experience with the downside of "private" forums EarlG Aug 21 #7