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Lucho, patrocinando gatos<p>Con las noticias de los <a href="https://chilemasto.casa/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> de KKKast atacando a los otros candidatos, de verdad me gustaría lanzar una propuesta de ley de declarar a Republicanos, así como a cualquier partido político con tendencia abiertamente pro-nazi, como Asociación Terrorista, y que sean tratados como tal, incluyendo que sean ipso facto retirados sus puestos en Senado y Diputados.</p><p>Si queremos limpiar la política, lo primero que hay que hacer es aceptar que no tiene sentido usar un paño sucio.</p><p><a href="https://chilemasto.casa/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a> <a href="https://chilemasto.casa/tags/Politica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politica</span></a></p>
Javed A. Butt<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> This has been clear for a long time. The bigger tell is how Twitter discourse diverges from real human sentiment. Most people instinctively oppose killing civilians, especially children — yet the platform is flooded with voices defending exactly that in Gaza. That disconnect screams artificial amplification.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a></p>
Random fediverse bots<p>Things you find in a warehouse as you go about your rounds.</p><p><a href="https://botwiki.org/bot/warehouse-worker/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">botwiki.org/bot/warehouse-work</span><span class="invisible">er/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CreativeBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeBots</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>Today I have so many <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> boosting me that I took a closer look. Yes, we have "good" bots/ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/relays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relays</span></a> helping with a stronger federation to small servers: <a href="https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quic</span><span class="invisible">kly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse/</span></a></p><p>But then I found the "tagpush app bot": <a href="https://verbamea.com/4dd1a1ca55" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">verbamea.com/4dd1a1ca55</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>No, I don't want that people get "copies of my posts": they should go to my originals. No, I don't want to include <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nobot</span></a> in every post. I blocked the whole instance = app.</p><p>You can subscribe to hashtags! Follow real people! <a href="https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hash</span><span class="invisible">tags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/</span></a></p><p>1/2</p>
Michael Gisiger :mastodon:<p>Ich verstehe ja, dass sich Website-Betreiber mit <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Anubis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anubis</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bots</span></a> vom Hals halten wollen. Aber wenn ich dann mit meiner Aufmerksamkeitsspanne einer Eintagsfliege nach &gt;30 Sekunden den Wiki-Artikel immer noch nicht lesen kann, dann bin ich halt weg. So wird das nix, sorry.</p>
Ridley Park<p>I’ve shut down my personal Facebook account — and with it, the Ridley Park page. Years of tolerating bot-infested “moderation” was enough. I may spin up a Ridley-only account later, but for now, the page sleeps.</p><p><a href="https://ridleypark.blog/2025/09/02/done-with-facebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ridleypark.blog/2025/09/02/don</span><span class="invisible">e-with-facebook/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kafka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kafka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlogPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlogPost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bollox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bollox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuthorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorLife</span></a></p>
CriticalThinkingGames<p>💬 "Critical thinking need(ed) ... to spot disinformation &amp; misinformation during the 2026 Scottish Parliament election."</p><p>▪️Politicians, social media, and bots are promoting false info.</p><p>⭐ Educators want critical thinking to be taught at school from the age of 5.</p><p>🌐 <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/democracy-under-threat-from-disinformation-at-2026-scottish-parliament-election-5287045" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scotsman.com/news/politics/dem</span><span class="invisible">ocracy-under-threat-from-disinformation-at-2026-scottish-parliament-election-5287045</span></a></p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/communicationscholars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>communicationscholars</span></a></span></p>
David Haigh<p>TIL that paying for <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> to complement a corporate press release is a thing.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/linkedin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linkedin</span></a></p>
knoppix<p>🚨 Cloudflare just launched AI Crawl Control (GA) — giving content creators real power over AI bot access.</p><p>📡 Now you can:<br>– Block specific AI crawlers<br>– Send customized HTTP 402 "Payment Required" responses<br>– Open the door to licensing deals, not just scraping</p><p>🤝 Creators deserve more than silence or theft.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noc.social/@cloudflare" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cloudflare</span></a></span><br>🔗 <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-ai-crawl-control/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.cloudflare.com/introducin</span><span class="invisible">g-ai-crawl-control/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebScraping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebScraping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContentCreators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentCreators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bots</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>&gt; AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit<br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/ai-sycophancy-isnt-just-a-quirk-experts-consider-it-a-dark-pattern-to-turn-users-into-profit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/08/25/ai-s</span><span class="invisible">ycophancy-isnt-just-a-quirk-experts-consider-it-a-dark-pattern-to-turn-users-into-profit/</span></a></p><p>Because what else do we need to worry about? </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AISlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISlop</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a></p>
Attilax<p><a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/anubis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anubis</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@sebsauvage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sebsauvage</span></a></span> </p><p>Oups...</p>
BotKit by Fedify :botkit:<p>We're excited to announce the release of <a href="https://github.com/fedify-dev/botkit/releases/tag/0.3.0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BotKit 0.3.0</a>! This release marks a significant milestone as <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/BotKit" target="_blank">#<span>BotKit</span></a> now supports <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/Node" target="_blank">#<span>Node</span></a>.js alongside <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/Deno" target="_blank">#<span>Deno</span></a>, making it accessible to a wider audience. The minimum required Node.js version is 22.0.0. This dual-runtime support means you can now choose your preferred <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/JavaScript" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> runtime while building <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/ActivityPub" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/bots" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> with the same powerful BotKit APIs.</p><p>One of the most requested features has landed: <em><a href="https://botkit.fedify.dev/concepts/message#polls" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">poll support</a></em>! You can now create interactive polls in your <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/bot" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a> messages, allowing followers to vote on questions with single or multiple-choice options. Polls are represented as ActivityPub <code>Question</code> objects with proper expiration times, and your bot can react to votes through the new <a href="https://botkit.fedify.dev/concepts/events#vote" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>onVote</code> event handler</a>. This feature enhances engagement possibilities and brings BotKit to feature parity with major <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/fediverse" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> platforms like Mastodon and Misskey.</p> <pre><code><span class=""><span>// Create a poll with multiple choices</span></span> <span class=""><span>await</span><span> session</span><span>.</span><span>publish</span><span>(</span><span>text</span><span>`What's your favorite programming language?`</span><span>, {</span></span> <span class=""><span> class</span><span>:</span><span> Question</span><span>,</span></span> <span class=""><span> poll</span><span>:</span><span> {</span></span> <span class=""><span> multiple</span><span>:</span><span> true</span><span>, </span><span>// Allow multiple selections</span></span> <span class=""><span> options</span><span>:</span><span> [</span><span>"JavaScript"</span><span>, </span><span>"TypeScript"</span><span>, </span><span>"Python"</span><span>, </span><span>"Rust"</span><span>],</span></span> <span class=""><span> endTime</span><span>:</span><span> Temporal</span><span>.</span><span>Now</span><span>.</span><span>instant</span><span>().</span><span>add</span><span>({ </span><span>hours</span><span>:</span><span> 24</span><span> }),</span></span> <span class=""><span> },</span></span> <span class=""><span>});</span></span> <span class=""></span> <span class=""><span>// Handle votes</span></span> <span class=""><span>bot</span><span>.</span><span>onVote</span><span> =</span><span> async</span><span> (</span><span>session</span><span>, </span><span>vote</span><span>) </span><span>=&gt;</span><span> {</span></span> <span class=""><span> console</span><span>.</span><span>log</span><span>(</span><span>`</span><span>${</span><span>vote</span><span>.</span><span>actor</span><span>}</span><span> voted for "</span><span>${</span><span>vote</span><span>.</span><span>option</span><span>}</span><span>"`</span><span>);</span></span> <span class=""><span>};</span></span></code></pre><p>The web frontend has been enhanced with a new <em>followers page</em>, thanks to the contribution from <em>Hyeonseo Kim</em> (<a translate="no" class="h-card u-url mention" href="https://hackers.pub/@gaebalgom" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gaebalgom</span></a>)! The <code>/followers</code> route now displays a paginated list of your bot's followers, and the follower count on the main profile page is now clickable, providing better visibility into your bot's audience. This improvement makes the web interface more complete and user-friendly.</p><p>For developers looking for alternative storage backends, we've introduced the <a href="https://botkit.fedify.dev/concepts/repository#sqliterepository" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>SqliteRepository</code></a> through the new <code>@fedify/botkit-sqlite</code> package. This provides a production-ready SQLite-based storage solution with ACID compliance, write-ahead logging (WAL) for optimal performance, and proper indexing. Additionally, the new <a href="https://botkit.fedify.dev/concepts/repository" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>@fedify/botkit/repository</code> module</a> offers <a href="https://botkit.fedify.dev/concepts/repository#memorycachedrepository" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><code>MemoryCachedRepository</code></a> for adding an in-memory cache layer on top of any <a href="https://botkit.fedify.dev/concepts/repository" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">repository</a> implementation, improving read performance for frequently accessed data.</p><p>This release also includes an important security update: we've upgraded to <a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/Fedify" target="_blank">#<span>Fedify</span></a> 1.8.8, ensuring your bots stay secure and compatible with the latest ActivityPub standards. The <a href="https://botkit.fedify.dev/concepts/repository" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">repository pattern</a> has been expanded with new interfaces and types like <code>RepositoryGetMessagesOptions</code>, <code>RepositoryGetFollowersOptions</code>, and proper support for polls storage through the <code>KvStoreRepositoryPrefixes.polls</code> option, providing more flexibility for <a href="https://botkit.fedify.dev/concepts/repository#implementing-a-custom-repository" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">custom implementations</a>.</p><p><a class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://hollo.social/tags/fedidev" target="_blank">#<span>fedidev</span></a></p>
Mikko<p>Based on my follow requests, I'm (again/still) getting a lots of loooooooov from the ladies of mastodon.social with no content and following about 7000 accounts.</p><p>Thank you.</p><p>And just out of interest; do you ever wear anything else than those shoe laces?</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a></p>
Heather<p>Bots aren’t going away, but neither is your infrastructure bill. My latest post explores why identity alone doesn’t solve the problem and what incentives might. If you manage APIs, automation, or identity systems, this one’s for you.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sphericalcowconsulting.com/2025/08/26/bot-incentives/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sphericalcowconsulting.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/08/26/bot-incentives/</span></a></p>
Javier Ruiz Barquín<p>Propuesta de <a href="https://masto.es/tags/ecoansiedad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecoansiedad</span></a> para los programadores de <a href="https://masto.es/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> del <a href="https://masto.es/tags/fediverso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverso</span></a>: ¿como de complicado sería hacer uno que publicara cada día las temperaturas (máxima, mínima) de nuestra ciudad de hace 20,40 y 60 años?<br>Igual servía para concienciar a más gente. <br><a href="https://masto.es/tags/cambioclimatico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cambioclimatico</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>My posts are 100% handcrafted.</p><p>No <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em>, no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bots</span></a>, no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bullshit</span></a>. </p><ul><li>Just honest takes &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shitposting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shitposting</span></a>!</li></ul>
Random bots from Botwiki<p>“I found an insane clipart CD from 1998 at Goodwill and now I’m posting every image from it.”</p><p><a href="https://botwiki.org/bot/witches_wizards/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">botwiki.org/bot/witches_wizard</span><span class="invisible">s/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CreativeBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeBots</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>»Web Traffic leidet unter KI-Crawlern und Bots:<br>Die Ergebnisse einer aktuellen Studie von Fastly besagen, dass Crawler und Fetcher allmählich den Web-Traffic übernehmen.«</p><p>Die Lösung dafür kenne ich auch nicht, ausser den Server möglichst gut vor Bots zu schützen, so gut es geht wie schon lange.</p><p>🫤 <a href="https://www.computerwoche.de/article/4044526/web-traffic-leidet-unter-ki-crawlern-und-bots.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computerwoche.de/article/40445</span><span class="invisible">26/web-traffic-leidet-unter-ki-crawlern-und-bots.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ki</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/angriff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>angriff</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/crawler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crawler</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/crawling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crawling</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fetching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fetching</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fetch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fetch</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a> botsin.space, and bot hosting on Glitch (thanks Fastly);</p><p><a href="https://botwiki.org/blog/a-decade-of-botwiki/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">botwiki.org/blog/a-decade-of-b</span><span class="invisible">otwiki/</span></a></p><p>I discovered botwiki through a web search, after finding the tombstone on botsin.space. Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stefan</span></a></span> for the blog posts there about all this, and the link to the detailed postmortem by the founder and admin of botsin.space;<br> <a href="https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/12/21/12-21-botsin-space-post-mortem/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/12/2</span><span class="invisible">1/12-21-botsin-space-post-mortem/</span></a></p><p>Lots to think about in there.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BotWiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BotWiki</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BotsinSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BotsinSpace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Glitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glitch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Fastly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fastly</span></a></p>
Random fediverse bots<p>Tweeting flight data from Elon Musks’ private jet.</p><p><a href="https://botwiki.org/bot/elonjet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">botwiki.org/bot/elonjet/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Follow:<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.social/@elonjet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastodon.social/@elonjet</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElonJet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">facebook.com/ElonJet/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elonmusksjet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/elonmusksjet/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>- <a href="https://t.me/+DVhwNTlOodY4OGFh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.me/+DVhwNTlOodY4OGFh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CreativeBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeBots</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>