moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoReddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that paywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down15 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoSome Lemmy instances disallow indexing in robots.txt, however indexers can choose to ignore that and actually blocking them takes a lot more effort.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoSome places on a “budget” like Ao3 just rate limit hard. I don’t like that solution at all though.
Some Lemmy instances disallow indexing in robots.txt, however indexers can choose to ignore that and actually blocking them takes a lot more effort.
Some places on a “budget” like Ao3 just rate limit hard.
I don’t like that solution at all though.