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by pavel_lishin 429 days ago
> I think in the future, websites will learn to serve pure markdown to these bots instead of blocking.

What for? Why would I serve anything to these leeches?
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randunel 429 days ago
Because you, in this case OP, also generates bot traffic to "borrow" content from other websites to serve to their own users. Ironic, no?
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pavel_lishin 428 days ago
Ah. I didn't realize andrethegiant's website was meant to _serve content_ to the bots, instead of _shielding us_ from the bots.

I fell for a class "To Serve Man" situation.

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